The collection of the 79 Food Banks begins this Friday until Sunday.
During this weekend, 130,000 volunteers, flanked by their recognizable orange vests, will collect your food donations in more than 8,000 stores.
Donations redistributed to people in need.
“What is lacking the most is protein.
But we need everything this year: preserves, more basic products like oil, flour, pasta, rice, too.
Hygiene or baby products are also welcome, ”explained this Friday to BFMTV Gérard Gros, president of the Food Bank of Bouches-du-Rhône.
Support for 500,000 people between the ages of 15 and 25
Inflation obliges, the number of people in need recorded during the first half of 2022 increased by 200,000 beneficiaries according to the Food Bank, which fears a decrease in donations.
“One of the consequences of this inflation is that there are more people who are resorting to food aid, in addition to the 2.2 million people who food banks are already helping,” Claude said. Baland, president of the food banks of France to our colleagues from BFMTV..
In a press release published this week, the Food Banks, "the first food aid network in France for more than thirty-five years", claim to support 500,000 people aged 15 and 25 thanks to donations, "slice of beneficiaries who have the more increased", according to Gérard Gros, adding that "the elderly" are also "very affected".
In twelve years, the Food Banks have seen the number of people welcomed drop from 800,000 to 2.2 million.
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