The National Traditional Food Bank collection weekend kicked off this Friday. Considered mobilizationessentialby the French Federation of Food Banks, as the number of food aid recipients continues to grow. But inflation worries the federation, which fears a drop in donations given limited household budgets.
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According to the organization, the number of people welcomed in the first half of 2022 increased by 9% compared to the same period of the previous year, helped by an increase of 200,000 people. The increase in food aid needs is due to the increase in food prices in particular, which in October increased by 12% over the year.
From Friday to Sunday inclusive, 130,000 volunteers will therefore be mobilized to collect food at more than 9,000 collection points throughout France. Each year, this collection makes it possible to collect approximately 11,500 tons of food, or 23 million meals. About 10% of the network’s stock is collected within three days.
“We fear a drop in donations”
But for this year’s collection, the target has been raised to 10,000 tonnes. “We fear a drop in donations this weekend due to high food inflation and an economic recession announcement. This naturally makes the French more cautious, and we imagine they tend to keep more for themselves and give less to others.recognizes Claude Pierre Balland, President of the Food Bank Network.
Also of concern is the increased use of online ordering by consumers. “We fear that there will be fewer people to donate in supermarkets and supermarkets“, the representative of the federation clarifies. To limit this risk, an online collection called “My solidarity basket was launched last week by the Food Banks chain. But this device, created two years ago, remains marginal compared to the contributions of physics;allows you to collect about 300,000 mealswarns Claude Pierre Baland.
The challenge of this collection is significant. according to INSEE, between two and four million people benefited from food aid in 2021. Beneficiaries of food packages or baskets and social food are 70% women, almost 40% of whom are raising one or more children alone. But the characteristics of the people helped is changing. “There are more and more young people. We help about 500,000says the president of the Food Banks network.
In this regard, the government announced on Tuesday that it will release an exceptional envelope of 10 million euros for food aid for students. This envelope should support the associations that act in favor of the most reliable students to complement the available offer and build the distribution networks. In addition, the executive also announced in early November that “sustainable food aid fund“60 million euros in 2023, which is intended to allow the French”.the most fragile” enter “quality food“.
Source: Le Figaro
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