Lithuanians are invited to give accumulated food stocks to people in need

Full cabinets of unused food is something that can be found in most of Lithuanian households today. According to a survey on the country’s population commissioned by ‘Malsena’, half of the respondents accumulated food during the quarantine period. And half of them did not use the accumulated stocks. Meanwhile, the organisations supported by Maisto bankas, […]

The virus of solidarity must kill the corona virus

Jacques Vandenschrik, President of the European Food Banks Federation, was interviewed by a Belgian local TV about the impact of COVID-19 on the work of Food Banks.  At what point is the precariousness threshold reached and a food parcel becomes essential? When a family has paid all the bills and the money left is not […]

The COVID-19 pandemic is forcing aid organizations to reinvent themselves

The coronavirus epidemic has thrown many people into insecurity overnight. Humanitarian associations in France as in other countries are on the bridge, but they must innovate in the face of an unprecedented situation that is upsetting traditional systems. All humanitarian associations are seeing people who are coming for the first time asking for help: families […]