Volunteers in a Food Bank warehouse.

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FABRICE ELSNER / 20 MINUTES

The Nouvelle-Aquitaine regional council has just granted two aid of 300,000 euros each to the Food Bank of Bordeaux and the Gironde and to the French Secours populaire, he announced on Thursday.

“Faced with the financial and social consequences worsened by the second period of confinement, the Region had already decided, at its plenary session on November 16, to increase its support to associations authorized to distribute food aid throughout the region. regional territory: Food Bank, French Secours populaire, Restaurants du cœur, Secours Catholique and French Red Cross, he recalls.

This year, 890,000 euros have already been mobilized by the region to help finance actions mainly related to food aid.

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According to the region, the health crisis "which continues at the start of the year 2021 is precipitating many fellow citizens into precariousness, and leads to increasing the needs of charities, which are facing an unprecedented increase in the public in great difficulty [between 30 and 45% increase depending on the territory].

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  • Poverty

  • People Relief

  • Aquitaine

  • food Bank

  • Society

  • Bordeaux