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Now playing Next no comment Food banks a lifeline for New Yorkers hit by coronavirus crisis The pandemic has been particularly hard on women who work in the service sector, which has been crippled by the economic crisis. 20/12/2020
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Now playing Next United Kingdom Charities report huge increase in distribution of food parcels in UK It's estimated an emergency food parcel could be handed out every nine seconds to people across the country. The Trussell Trust, which supports more than 1,200 food banks across the UK, said its network 02/12/2020
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Now playing Next no comment Brazil's most iconic landmark lit up with calls to end hunger A food bank program and social services of the city launched the campaign under the hashtag #MesaSemFome (#TableWithoutHunger) 11/05/2020
Now playing Next Spain Spain's poorest are being punished by the coronavirus crisis Thousands have lost all income and aid organisations are overwhelmed as lines at food banks have tripled. 28/04/2020
Now playing Next United Kingdom 'Families are really struggling': London food bank sees fivefold surge "This kind of thing, a crisis like this, it impacts the poorest people the hardest, it always does," said the founder of a London food bank. "And it’s just not right, it’s not fair." 27/04/2020
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