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Who receives

Who receives the food: persons who are inactive economically, which means they do not generate income. The NGO Food Bank does not give out food in the streets. We have reached these people through Social Entities who shelter these groups. In this way we can do a more structured efficient work, for we leave great quantities of food in the organizations for the benefit of a great number of people.

The population that we deliver to is composed by chidren in its great majority, but also old people, and people physically and mentally handicapped,. The children come from very poor or ustrucutured families, many of which are abandoned waiting for a rare contribution. Even if these children are deeply hurt, these institutions become for them the way to have access to food and education and a protection against a greater violence: to live in the streets, be exposed to drugs, beg and be explored by child work and other forms of abuse.

To register with the NGO it is necessary for institution to prove its needfulness and to prove that it is functioning according to the laws. The receiver – institutions must fill out an entrance form, with information about the public it attends, the number of people attended, number of meals served, available equipment for preparation and storage of food, number of employees who prepare the meals,etc.

The NGO then proceeds with a technical visit to check out the information given and to know the physical space of the institution, the people who are attended, their needs and to evaluate the conditions of the kitchen installations. If everything is in accordance with the specified needs, a term of commitment is signed by both sides where the donor guarantees the donation of food in condition of use, and according to its availability, and the institution guarantees to use the food in an adequate way and to attend our program of nutritional education. The non participation in the trainings , or other possible violations of the term of commitment, such as for example to store the food in an unappropriate manner,or to repass the food outside the institution- means to exclude the institution from the list.

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