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Current food needs at the social grocery of the Sitia municipality
The social grocery of the Sitia municipality regularly takes care of the food needs of 75 families in need.
Date marking and food waste
According to a recent survey by the European Commission (February 2018), it is estimated that up to 10% of the 88 million tonnes of food waste generated annually in the European Union is linked to the date marking on foodstuffs.
Current food needs in the social soup kitchen of the Zakynthos municipality
After communicating with the social worker responsible for the soup kitchen of the Zakynthos municipality, we were informed about the great need that they have in food so that they can serve the 40 people they feed daily.
5th regular Meeting of NEMESIS partners
For two days in June we had the pleasure of participating in the all-partners Meeting of the NEMESIS project in Sheffield, England.
Septona supported families in need through "We are Family"
For the third consecutive year the company Septona has supported Boroume’s program "We are Family" to offer basic food items for 1 month to families in need.
Cooking for the others with JTI Volunteers
Many dozens of portions of a wonderful yoghurt pie, delicious and nutritious biscuits and even more smiles sum up the social cooking action we organized recently together with the volunteers of the JTI company.
Evdokia shares with us her experience as a Boroume volunteer
Why did you decide to volunteer? Very simply because I had the willingness to offer. Because especially at this time it is very important to show our interest with actions and not just words. For me volunteering is a way to change what we see around us and to face the world a little more positively.
The students of the school of Ursulines go to the market for.. a good cause!
In May we had the pleasure of cooperating with the Greek-French School of Ursulines in a special way! The students of the High School participated in two programs of Boroume, in the "Boroume at the Farmers’ Market" and "Boroume at School", combining in this way the educational part to reduce food waste with an experiential action in two farmers’ markets, in Papagou and in the Ellinoroson area.