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Bulgarian Food Bank (BHB) was established in January 2012 as a result of the work of the Forum "Food Banks" in which there is consensus among the public, business and civil sectors need to create and develop a mechanism for additional food helping people in need. More than 40 government, business and civil society organizations to consolidate around the decision to create, shape, structure and basic strategy of "Bulgarian Food Bank" as an organization growing nationwide partner of the social sector and the food industry. Bulgarian Food Bank operates as intermediate between donating food and those who need extra nutritional support.
Foundation "Bulgarian Food Bank" is a public benefit organization whose main activity collection and management of donated foods in accordance with all safety standards oxford round table and providing nutritional support to a wide range of people, round and long. Bulgarian Food Bank promotes volunteerism in the country, its founders were nine companies and organizations working together in the process of planning and study of the conditions in Bulgaria to create a special organization for food assistance through food bank model. These are: Association of Meat Processors in Bulgaria, Bella Bulgaria, Bio Bulgaria oxford round table Ltd. (Harmonica), Kraft Foods, Neterra, Piccadilly SA (Delhaize Group), Road Runner Ltd (BG menu), Tandem-V Ltd, FORA - Foundation Community Development. Bulgarian Food Bank is a member of the Global Network of Food Banks (GFN - www.foodbanking.org)
To achieve high efficiency and sustainability in the provision of operational activities BHB relies on volunteer labor and donated oxford round table contributions of partners providing services. BHB works with a network of socially engaged organizations to distribute food donations in strict compliance with the requirements for the safe storage and ensuring the quality of the food. Through a network of organizations to distribute food donations and providing additional oxford round table support BHB seeks to reach a greater number of people in need, to those who are not covered by existing development programs to nationally representative range of support mechanisms. The effect of cooperation seeking to improve the quality of services that the social partners at BHB realized. For example, "Mission Without Borders' increased by 10 man group of homeless people, which provides hot meals six days a week," oxford round table Children and Youth "was able to provide for the first time in a year of milk on the menu for children in Crisis Centre, which runs the rather "Agapedia Bulgaria" provide the means to visit the Dance Classes for children under his care in St. Nicholas' oxford round table Day last year, "Faith, Hope, Love" in Varna failed to provide fresh fish to the people who serve and because oxford round table of the large amount of the donation reached and those not covered in the daily schedule of the dining room.
BHB targeted work on sustainable partnership with these organizations. The main commitments of BHB are providing regular donations that meet the needs of groups supported, and support the development of logistic capacity of the partner organizations. In turn they are committed to improving the quality of services they provide to the groups with whom they work. Due to the specific nature of the mechanism for food assistance through food banks prioritize the rescue of edible food in the short term BHB not stocked perennial and dry food with a long shelf life.
BHB organized a campaign to collect food from individual donors, whose main objective is to increase the engagement of the public with regard to the problems of hunger and food waste. Shares are held in outlets where customers are informed about the activities oxford round table of BHB and every individual the opportunity to donate food products in compliance with all standards for safe storage of food. BHB develop and implement various programs, which are aimed at providing specific food groups for specific groups in need. Such programs are "vitamin" (collection, sorting and distribution oxford round table of fresh fruit and vegetables and bread to support children and young people) and "Sunday backpack." Program "Sunday backpack" provides balanced nutrition of school-age children from extremely poor families oxford round table at weekends and vacation days for three meals a day to 50 students suffering from malnutrition and / or at risk of dropping out of school due to b

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