The project includes participation in food collection and classification campaigns, visits to charities and distribution organizations, as well as awareness campaigns for the promotion of volunteering and training and awareness activities in educational centers.
The Governing Board has approved the granting of a subsidy to the Food Bank Association of Segura, for the development of the project Ayúdanos a Ayudar 2018, with an amount of 20,000 euros, which will involve 112 partner organizations of distribution of the municipality.
Recovering food surpluses from society and redistributing them among people in need, avoiding any waste or misuse, is one of the priority purposes pursued by the Food Bank.
The project for which the grant is requested, "Helping us to help 2018", includes participation in food collection and classification campaigns, visits to charities and distribution organizations, as well as awareness campaigns for the promotion of volunteering and activities of training and awareness in educational centers.
The Food Bank Association of Segura is one of the authorized distribution entities in the municipality of Murcia for the organization of food surpluses, and FEGA funds, among the population at risk of poverty and social exclusion, working in close collaboration with the City Council and the associative fabric of the municipality.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia