Action day on June 6th: Team Austria Tafel celebrates 15 years of help!
Action day on June 6th: Team Austria Tafel celebrates 15 years of help!
This day in Austria is drawn to the increasing problems of poverty and nutritional uncertainty. According to the report of OTS , which corresponds to 17 % of the population, which corresponds to 17 % of the population Poverty or exclusion. The fact that 336,000 people live in absolute poverty is particularly worrying.
For many of these affected people, the purchase of food is often not a matter of course. This is where the Austria Tafel team comes into play, a joint project by the Austrian Red Cross and Hitradio Ö3. On June 6th, an Austria-wide campaign day will take place, which celebrates the 15th anniversary of the Austria Tafel Team. On this day, around 220 supermarkets are called to collect and donate durable food and hygiene products.
action day to support the needy
The Team Austria Tafel ensures that food that would otherwise be thrown away are made available to people in need. Around 24,000 households, which corresponds to around 60,000 people, regularly receive support from the distribution of food. This is done by 125 output offices, which are valued with an estimated 2,400 cooperation partners, including supermarkets, bakeries and farmers.
Although the work of the Team Austria Tafel by the Red Kreuz President Gerald Schöpfer is emphasized as essential for society, a decline in the goods donations. Creator appeals to the population to continue to support this important initiative, especially in view of the growing nutritional uncertainty.
nutritional uncertainty as a big problem
The study shows that many people in Austria suffer from fear that their children could not have enough to eat. 12.9 % of those surveyed fear that their children are not sufficiently cared for. The challenges are particularly large for people with a low level of education, unemployed and one -person households.
throw away food
A third of all foods in Austria are lavishly thrown away. This has led to the demand to halve the food waste by 2030. The fighted nutritional poverty should be supported by measures such as free healthy meals in educational institutions and access to EU structural funds. The mobilization of food surpluses and the promotion of Essen as part of the education could be crucial for a sustainable and just solution.
according to the global hunger index around 800 million people suffer from hunger worldwide, while two billion suffer from error nutrition. These health challenges are closely associated with social and economic inequalities. A rethink in nutritional policy and the fight against inequalities in the nutritional area are crucial to end hunger and malnutrition and create a fairer nutritional system.
In view of the serious situation, it is urgently necessary to take measures to combat nutritional uncertainty in Austria and to mobilize the necessary support for the weakest of our society.| Details | |
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