Stop food loss and waste. For the people. For the planet.

This year we celebrate the first ever observance of the International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste. It also comes during the global COVID-19 pandemic, that has brought about a global wake-up on the need to transform and rebalance the way our food is produced and consumed. The COVID-19 pandemic continues generating significant challenges to food security in many countries. Disruptions in supply chains, quarantine measures, the closure of much of the hospitality industry and schools… All these measures have resulted in a loss of markets for producers and distributors, making the situation even more challenging while dealing with high levels of food waste. At the downstream end of the supply chain, with panic buying and stockpiling by consumers, supermarkets, which are often key donors to food banks, struggled to keep their shelves stocked and are unable to donate food. Meanwhile, much of the food purchased by households was discarded as food waste, because of a misunderstanding of date marking and improper storage of these household food items. All the young people need to be aware of the importance of the issue of food loss and waste now more than ever in order to promote and implement our common efforts towards resolving it.

In the project we are cooperating with Food Bank Slovakia. The participants will have chance not only to discuss and participate in the activities about the food waste, but they’ll also see directly how the food banks are working and why they are important as one of the possible solution for the food waste.

Target groups are:
5 participants + 1 leader from different countries. Especially we would like to welcome on the exchange young people aged 17 - 24 years old, from marginalized groups of youth.

In case that you're interested in the project partnership, please provide us with the necessary information in the form in the link: https://forms.gle/eXQCQGQJGihHcruy7

The deadline for sending the information is 26th September 2020.

In case of any questions, please contact: Mr. Michal Šľachta, michal@gasoc.sk.