By Valentina D'Arrigo | Partnerships and Capacity Building Manager
In the European Union, 1 European citizen out of 5 is experiencing risk of poverty, severe material and social deprivation with a total of 95.4 million people at risk of social exclusion according to a report released by Eurostat in 2021. In 2021, the European Food Banks Federation (FEBA) worked in collaboration with 24 Full Members and 5 Associate Members in 29 European countries. In the same years FEBA Members redistributed 907,280 tonnes of food (+18% compared to 2019 as pre-COVID) to support 45,810 charitable organisations helping 11.8 million people in need (+24% increase compared to 2019 as pre-COVID benchmark). At the beginning of 2022, the trend in quantities of redistributed food by FEBA Members has been deeply affected by the Ukraine crisis, rising in Eastern Europe as a result of exceptional donations in response to the war in Ukraine to support refugees, while quantities of redistributed food are decreasing in Western Europe. Two out of the three FEBA Members (66%) have experienced an increase in the amount of food requested by charities. More than 80% of respondents identified the largest group of final beneficiaries as families with children and single parents, followed by elderly people, and refugees from Ukraine.
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