Bezos donates $ 100 million to the US food bank

2020-04-02T19:30:33.677Z

Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos has announced the $ 100 million donation to Feeding America, a nonprofit organization that helps U.S. food banks to feed poor families. He wrote it on his instagram profile where he explained that the donation comes to fight the Covid-19 pandemic. "Even in ordinary times, food insecurity in American families is a major problem and unfortunately Covid-19 is significantly amplifying stress," wrote Bezos. "Food banks and non-profit food pantries rely largely on the excess food of a number of food businesses. For example, many restaurants donate what is left over. But during this period of social distancing, restaurants are closed and many other channels have closed. To make matters worse, as supply decreases, demand from food banks is increasing, "he wrote in his post.