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Greece's food crisis: families face going hungry during summer shutdown - Frontline charities report that up to 90% of families in the poorest neighbourhoods rely on food banks and soup kitchens.

06 August 2013

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"Hunger is not a word that comes easily to Antonis Antakis. And at 28 Veikou Street, in the cramped confines of the Solidarity Club, it is not a word that is ever mentioned. But the fear of not having enough to eat is the force that propels those who stop here – and what keeps the tireless volunteers stacking rice, pasta and other dry goods that Greeks like Antakis take home."

See the full article: Greece's food crisis: families face going hungry during summer shutdown - Frontline charities report that up to 90% of families in the poorest neighbourhoods rely on food banks and soup kitchens. But, with no end to austerity in sight, even the volunteers are flagging (Guardian, link)

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