The Malta Food Bank foundation is one of the organisations whose been functioning at full speed ever since the pandemic came along, due to the dramatic increase in people who did not have the resources to feed themselves.
The Food Bank donates food to non-governmental organisations who are in need. During the first nine months of 2020, the Malta Food Bank foundation distributed 250,000 meals worth of food to fifteen different NGOs registered with them.
Irene Schembri, president of the foundation, remarked that while the need for food has increased, so have the donations.