Banco Alimentar

Telefone: 213 649 655

Fax: 213 622 442

Email: ba.federacao@bancoalimentar.pt

List of business and outlets that work with Banco Alimentar:

https://afpop.com/community/admin/browser/Acordos%20por%20concelho%2005.pdf

Food Banks Against Hunger are …

A necessary response but provisional , because ” everyone has the right to an adequate standard of living that ensures you and your family , health and well -being , including food , clothing , housing and medical care and necessary social services ” (Excerpt of Article 25 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights )

A vocation

Food Banks are Private Institutions of Social Solidarity fighting against wasting food , directing them for free distribution to the needy .

An ethic

The action of Food Banks based on gratuity , handout , sharing , volunteering and sponsorship .

A compromise

Food Banks in business collect and distribute tens of thousands of tons of products and support throughout the year , the action of more than 1,800 institutions in Portugal . In turn , they distribute cooked meals and food baskets to people in need proven , since the total distribution covering more than 275,000 people . The Portuguese Federation of Food Banks Against Hunger coordinates this action animates the network providing information and material means , represents the Food Banks Against Hunger with the public authorities , enterprises nationwide and international organizations and performs nationally , the breakdown of some donations , creating a vast chain of solidarity .