Anonymous donor
( Company from the Construction industry )
A new action by the Food Bank, which will last throughout 2023, with the aim of providing basic food items to 20 rural areas in Attica and 9 in Thessaloniki, with 8,150 recipients.
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In Greece, food insecurity reaches 12.4% of the population, while it is in the 5th highest position among European countries. These people are below the poverty line and any – even small – change in their income directly affects their ability to buy food.
he action is part of the program in the program Emergency Food Fund and support from a donor, who would like to remain anonymous, is implemented.
She lives with her son and cleans houses. Rent 200 euros. He has a KEA card of 230 euros and a rent subsidy of 140 euros. Annual income 1,220 euros.
They live with their 14-year-old daughter, a student, and their 28-year-old son, who is severely visually impaired. The young man needs hospitalization and special expensive lenses. The family is unable to respond. Income 4,900 euros. Father paints houses and mother cleans. Their rent is
Aged 61. She is officially unemployed. Elderly with a fluctuating income. Tax declaration 1,184.3 euros. He has a KEA card. Rent 200 euros.
The husband has a back problem. They have two children aged 16 and 13. The 65-year-old grandmother also lives with them. The husband works occasionally. Income 6,737.11 euros. Rent 200 euros.
A person is food insecure when they do not have safe access to sufficient amounts of safe and nutritious food. Food insecurity has significant negative effects, as it can lead to mental and physical development problems, affect children’s performance in school and lead to obesity.
The Emergency Food Fund is an umbrella program, which includes discrete food purchase actions from specific grants, to serve targeted groups of people in need. The program launched within 2020, due to needs that emerged from the pandemic.
