Italy's Banco Alimentare works with around 7,500 charitable establishments to help feed the country's most disadvantaged population.<\/p>\n
Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, this food bank's volunteers continue to work to help those most in need who, even under normal circumstances, don't have the resources to put food on the table.<\/p>\n
GIOVANNI BRUNO<\/strong> That's why young people throughout Italy have stepped up to fill in for volunteers who may be more susceptible to the virus.<\/p>\n GIOVANNI BRUNO \u201cDespite the coronavirus and the rain, we are continuing our distribution.\u201d<\/p>\n GIOVANNI BRUNO The president recalls Pope Francis' words from the evening of the extraordinary Urbi et orbi blessing, when he said everyone is in the same boat. Giovanni Bruno says the pope accurately interpreted this growing sentiment of a shared struggle. It's a sentiment that continues to bring people together in unexpected ways.<\/p>\n CT<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" April 11, 2020. With volunteers over 65 years old being obligated to stay at home because of the coronavirus, young people have stepped up to fill in their shoes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":17879,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[158],"tags":[],"acf":{"video":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/ib4D_YkUae8","video_descarga":"http:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bbancoalimentareeng.mp4","international_url":"http:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bbancoalimentareint.mp4","type":"rrp","newsletter":"si"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46767"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46767"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46767\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17879"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46767"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46767"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46767"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nPresident, Fondazione Banco Alimentare (Italy)
\n\u201cThe Banco Alimentare has sought to continue its work, as best as possible, during this emergency. It was very difficult at first, for a number of reasons. We had less volunteers because people over 65 years of age were obligated to stay home.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>President, Fondazione Banco Alimentare (Italy)
\n\u201cThey went to carry out the usual activities: packaging, delivering, helping out at food distribution centers.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>President, Fondazione Banco Alimentare (Italy)
\n\u201cPeople have clearly perceived that no one saves himself alone, in a situation like this one. Thus, solidarity is an inevitable and ineradicable condition, and this has been a powerful driving force.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n