“I think this year there will be the same or even more generosity,” said Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, during a visit to the warehouse that is the headquarters of the Food Bank against Hunger, an entity that this weekend is carrying out another campaign to collect food. food goods.
“This is one of those works that promise and also deliver. It has not failed for about 20 years and, unfortunately, the current Portuguese society needs more. [de solidariedade] what it needed in other times”, said the President of the Republic, defending that “he who has the most has the obligation to give more”.
Recalling that last year, the year of the pandemic, 1,680 tons of food products were collected, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa called on journalists for “generosity”, even despite the rise in prices in supermarkets, justified by inflation and factors such as the impact of the war in Ukraine.
There is a greater need for food support this year and the Portuguese understand this and will contribute,” said Marcelo.
In recent years, in 2020/21, the risk of poverty increased and the number of Portuguese at risk exceeded 2 million, of which 400,000 are supported by 2,500 institutions, said the President of the Republic. “20% of the two million people at risk of poverty [em Portugal] the associations help him”, warned the President.
The Food Collection Campaign promoted by the Food Banks returns this Saturday and Sunday to supermarkets, in which around 40,000 volunteers participate.
Food collection from the Food Bank returns to supermarkets today and Sunday
Source: Observadora
