| THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE
HUNGRY The lack of food is one of the most dramatic aspects of poverty. Even in the
large, wealthy European cities it is easier and easier to see persons who dig through
trash bins looking for food.
This problem
involves not only people who are homeless: there are a lot of old people whose pensions
are not sufficient to cover all their basic expenses; there are also a lot of families in
financial difficulties because they have low incomes or they have no incomes at all. All
of them apply to the assistance centres very often. .
In order to
meet the difficult condition of these people the Community collects foodstuffs in
different places (supermarkets, work places, schools, food industries) and distributes
them at the aid centres. For instance, in 2000, about 200 tons of foodstuffs on the whole
were distributed in Rome (oil, pasta, rice, beans, tinned food, biscuits and children's
food, etc.).
Food is also
sent to different countries - for instance to Albania for refugees of Kosovo during last
war - together with other essential supplies. |
