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Te mostramos las acciones y los resultados alcanzados durante el año 2011, fruto del trabajo y el esfuerzo de cientos de personas que forman parte de esta cadena. A todos los que nos apoyaron: ¡GRACIAS por hacer posible estos logros!

• Mudanza a un nuevo local, cuyo depósito de 2700 m² triplica en espacio al anterior.
• Primera experiencia de rescate de mermas en línea de producción, que permite aprovechar papas fritas de excelente calidad, en conjunto con FarmFrites.
• Fuerte crecimiento de donaciones del sector supermercadista, que durante 2011 llegaron a 136.721 kilos.
• 10 años de la campaña “2 viajes por 1 alimento”, realizada en el Subte junto con Metrovías.
• Gran repercusión de la muestra Una persona=un grano de arroz, que trajo al grupo inglés Stan’s Café por primera vez al país.
• Participación de 1000 voluntarios en la IX Colecta Nacional de Alimentos.

Programas

• 104 organizaciones participaron en talleres de capacitación.
• 54 organizaciones recibieron 193.871 kilos de productos a través de los fletes provistos por el Programa Vamos .
• 18 organizaciones beneficiadas por el Programa Becas.

Nuestro trabajo en números

• 3.180.829,92  kilos de alimentos distribuidos.
• 7854 pedidos de alimentos entregados a las organizaciones.
• 511 organizaciones comunitarias beneficiarias.
• 85.266  personas alimentadas (80% niños y adolescentes).
• 69 nuevas organizaciones incorporadas a nuestra red.
• 839 visitas de seguimiento a las organizaciones.
• 98 empresas donantes de alimentos.
• 160 empresas donantes de bienes y servicios.
• 3770 nuevos donantes individuales.
• 583 voluntarios activos.

From Monday, December 5th., to Friday, December 16 we invite all passengers and the community at large to participate in the twentieth edition of the solidarity campaign “2 Trips x 1 Food Item” that we organize together with Metrovías for the purpose of collecting foodstuffs for the feeding centers that we contribute towards in the city of Buenos Aires and Suburban Buenos Aires.

All those who wish to cooperate may donate a non-perishable food item between the 5th and 16th of December from 8 AM to 7 PM, except during the long week-end, at the reception centers located at the following train and subway stations: Perú (line A); Carlos Gardel (line B); Retiro (line C); Congreso de Tucumán (line D); Independencia (line E) and Federico Lacroze (Urquiza railway line). In exchange, Metrovías will donate two subway tickets free of charge to each person who makes a donation for every food item delivered.

Within the framework of the “Feeding Networks” Project, held between August 26 and November 14, fourteen workshops were held aimed at enhancing the work carried out on the network per district. All participants rated what they had learned as “very valuable” and valued the possibility of being able to share experiences with other organizations within the same district.

A total if 85 entities participated in the event: 6 from Lomas de Zamora; 2 from Avellaneda; 3 from Escobar; 9 from San Martín; 17 from Malvinas Argentinas; 9 from San Miguel; 4 from Lanús; 7 from Almirante Brown; 5 from Hurlingham; 11 from San Isidro; 6 from San Fernando and 5 from Berazategui. 

On November 20th. we had a stand at the 3rd. Children’s Rights Fair organized by the Pupi Foundation. Thus we joined in the celebrations for the Word Childhood Day by participating in the Education-Culture Field Day that took place at the central park of Lomas de Zamora. The day was devoted to the children, adolescents and their families and the community in general. It was a wonderful opportunity for exchanging experiences with other organizations and institutions that work towards aiding children.

As from November 21st. the Banco de Alimentos Foundation shall be operating from its new headquarters, adjacent to the previous one.

Once the overhaul process ended, we moved in to a 2,270 square-meter building. The size of the new warehouse is three times that of the one before, and will enable us to increase the volumes of the rescue program for fruit, vegetables and dairy products and introduce improvements in the classification of foodstuffs. 

We hope to be able to significantly enlarge the impact of our programs during this new stage in which we are about to embark, not only as regards the amount of beneficiaries, but also the quality of the food that we deliver to them.

We invite you to continue providing us with your support so that this dream may come true. All of us together can improve the feeding situation of thousands of people whose food security is at risk, and so contribute towards their personal development!

If you go to Parque de la Costa, take a food item!

A food collection is being held during the months of November and December at this attractive Amusement Park. The aim is to collect 100,000 Kilos of foodstuffs that will be delivered to our Foundation. Parque de la Costa invites its guests to take a non-perishable food item and in exchange shall hand out a Full Passport for $60 and the chance of returning free of charge during one year.