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More than 3,000 people must go to the Food Bank in Navarra after the pandemic
  • In Navarre, about 25,000 people receive food aid. Organizers have stressed that the trend of applicants for scholarships will be "growing".
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Nafarroako Elikagai Bankua. Argazkia: Navarra.es

The Food Bank of Navarra distributes food to about 25,000 people, about 8,500 families. Since the state of alarm of COVID-19 was declared, 3,000 more people have asked for help accessing food through the Food Bank. According to the organization ' s forecasts, the number of applicants is expected to increase in the coming months.

180 volunteers work at the Food Bank and in 2019 3,165 tons of food were distributed through collaborating entities.