One in seven Britons faced hunger in 2022, says food bank charity
London, UKReuters One in seven people in the United Kingdom faced hunger last year because they did not have enough money, according to a report published on Wednesday by food bank charity the Trussell Trust. It said this equates to 11.3 million people, more than double the population of Scotland, and blamed a dysfunctional social […]
Portugal’s charities struggle to cope with homelessness surge
Lisbon, Portugal Reuters Six months ago, Jose Moreno found himself without a roof over his head. Now wandering the streets of Lisbon, the 48-year-old said soaring food prices were making his life even tougher. “For people with little money, it’s becoming impossible,” Moreno said after picking up a burger and pasta meal from a van run […]
“Unprecedented need”: As COVID continues, US church-run food pantries, ministries adapt and expand
BOB SMIETANA, of Religion News Service, reports on how US churches adapted food assistance programs during the COVID-19 pandemic…
Pandemic puts pressure on Japan to open up rice stockpile to charities
Tokyo, JapanThomson Reuters Foundation When Ayumi lost her part-time job at a restaurant last summer, she ended up relying on rice and pre-packaged fare delivered once a month by a food bank to her college campus in Tokyo. “I cut my meals to once a day, in mid-afternoon,” the 22-year-old said. “Many friends were in […]
US food banks short of holiday volunteers due to coronavirus
New York, USThomson Reuters Foundation Coronavirus fears are stripping US soup kitchens, food banks and charities – normally teeming with volunteers during the holiday season, starting with Thanksgiving Day on Thursday – of helping hands to feed the hungry. A food bank in the Rocky Mountain city of Idaho Falls that fed up to 200 […]
Global food banks struggle to aid pandemic’s ‘new poor’ as donations slow
Rome, ItalyThomson Reuters Foundation Until COVID-19 forced her home city of Bangkok into lockdown in late March, Bangaon Kamsaeng had never stopped working; as a waitress, cleaning people’s houses, even as a freelance garbage collector. “I wasn’t picky,” the 40-year-old single mother, who goes by her nickname Aom, told the Thomson Reuters Foundation with a […]
British food banks battle shortages as coronavirus causes panic buying
London, UKThomson Reuters Foundation Food banks across Britain are struggling to cope with demand from vulnerable people as consumers worried by the coronavirus outbreak empty supermarket shelves, charities said last week. Many said they were already struggling to feed regular users and were preparing for a rise in demand as people without secure jobs were […]