To show you what i described, here is a newspaper article from today.
But first, what is Die Tafel:
Tafel is the name for non-profit aid organizations that distribute food that is no longer used in the economic cycle and would otherwise be destroyed
to the needy or give it away for a small fee. In Germany, about 30% of the needy are children and young people. The food banks have been active since
1993, and there are similar initiatives in many other European countries (food banks, banques alimentaires).
Wikipedia (German)
"State of emergency" - food banks demand help from politicians
The number of clients has almost doubled at some locations, he said. At the same time, food donations have dropped by half. The German food banks are
reaching their limits. And are recording "frightening" reports.
In view of the sharp rise in food prices, the food banks in Germany are complaining of a "state of emergency" in the distribution of food for the
needy. While the number of customers has "almost doubled" at some locations, food donations have "fallen by 50 percent in some cases," Frank
Hildebrandt, chairman of the board of the Tafel regional association in Schleswig-Holstein and Hamburg, told the Redaktionsnetzwerk Deutschland (RND,
Wednesday editions). Tafel federal boss Michaela Engelmeier demanded the state to secure "the subsistence level" of humans.
There are "frightening" reports from the Tafeln, Engelmeier continued. In times of "record inflation and price explosion", many people "can no longer
even afford to eat".
Affected are not only people who receive citizen's income, but also millions of low-income earners and pensioners. The volunteers at the food banks,
whose numbers have remained "almost constant," are working "at the absolute limit - both mentally and physically," said Anna Verres, a spokeswoman for
the food banks.
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(German)