© Reuters/Charles PlatiauFILE PHOTO: Residents line up during a food distribution by volunteers from ACLEFEU association in Clichy-sous-Bois near Paris during a lockdown imposed to slow the rate of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in France, April 22, 2020.
The sharp increase was especially evident among children at 9.3 percent. The food bank reports that the need for assistance to supply daily meals has been on the rise for the past couple of years.
The demand for assistance differs between regions with Amsterdam and Rotterdam in the lead.
Going to the food bank is still often associated with shame. This causes people who do not have enough money to buy their groceries to avoid the food bank. The food bank, therefore, created the campaign, "Nothing to be ashamed of" to reduce the negative connotation linked to asking for assistance from a food bank.
Help is especially required now that many people have lost or are at risk of losing their jobs, the food bank says. "Because as the pandemic has let us see, this is a hefty blow for everyone. From young to old, from employees to employers and from start-ups to established businesses", the organization said in a press release.
In the Netherlands, 38 thousand food packages are distributed weekly by 13 thousand volunteers in 171 local food banks.
Central banking is a MUST for a vibrant, healthy, growth economy.
This applies to food systems as well.
No one should be allowed to grow or forage (from the wild) their types of food. They should neither have access to any land that might produce food and especially they should not feel entitled to 'own' it. People should be placed in secure venues only (cities) and kept under constant surveillance.
They should only be granted food that passes rigorous inspection and is grown or synthesized by trained specialists.
This becomes more obvious as populations swell.
We are at a critical point.
If we are to save the planet.
ned,
out