HelpArgentina is a nonprofit that allows international donors to identify and support high impact nonprofits in Argentina.
Our goal is to strengthen the nonprofits working to create social change in Argentina, increase confidence in the nonprofit sector and promote the culture of giving among Argentines.
Our daily work at Banco de Alimentos, through the years, is the war against hunger in Argentina (fighting hunger in Argentina) and the way we do it is through the efficient and transparent management of food donations received from different companies. This food is aken to our warehouses, where we classify and deliver it to thousands of hungry individuals in our country.
With a procedure as simple as this, we provide food to more than 480 organizations and soup kitchens in Buenos Aires City and its surrounding areas where more than 78,000 hungry individuals are fed.
In order to fulfill each step of this process your monthly donation is indispensable. Today there are hundreds of institutions and soup kitchens in our waiting list and with as little as u$s 23 per month you are helping us to feed 68 individuals.
Don´t wait until tomorrow. Walk with us as from today.
Thousands of people are thanking you for your effort.
Helping those suffering from hunger by asking for, and distributing foods fit for consumption. Educating about issues surrounding hunger and malnutrition.
In the present, Fundacion Banco de Alimentos distributes 250 tonnes of foodstuffs per month and counts with the necessary logistics to quickly classify, store, and distribute food. We have an 800 square-meter warehouse equipped with walk-in coolers and freezers. Our computerized information system tracks the stock and expiration dates of all food stored in the warehouse and enables us to provide detailed reports of food donors. The organization works under strict quality control policies, allowing us to be ISO 9001:2000 certified.  Fundacion Banco de Alimentos provides Food donations to more than 480 organizations in Capital Federal and Greater Buenos Aires, feeding more than 79.000 persons. Our partner organizations include soup kitchens, day-care centers, schools, community centers, homes for needy children and nursing homes. These organizations go through an evaluation and selection process to be incorporated into the Food Bank network. This evaluation is done based on documentation provided by the organization, geographical area location, poverty level and a first visit to ensure that organizations meet our equipment and control of sanitation requirements. If the agency meets these requirements it is built to start receiving food.
Every six months, volunteers make a monitoring visit to each agency. These visit also help us to strengthen our relationship with our partner organizations.
Partner organizations pick up food donations form our warehouse and make a contribution of $0.50 per kilo of food received
To recover that food which cannot be sold by our donors due to different reasons
Repsol YPF: El programa Repsol - YPF – Banco de Alimentos de complementación alimentaria, que se desarrolla en el colegio Nuestra Señora de Fátima de Villa Soldati desde el primero de Junio de 2003, hace posible que cerca de 1000 niños reciban todos los dÃas su copa de lechey otros 500 una porción de carne en su almuerzo.
Nutrihigiene: Capacitación a los encargados de cocina sobre manipulación segura de alimentos
Huertas orgánicas: Brinda asesoramiento y semillas para que los comedores puedan cultivar sus propias frutas y verduras
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In the following lines we share with you some of our succeds:
- We distribute an average of 255 tons of food per month. Our donors include ore than 90 food companies and 25 service companies.
- The Banco de Alimentos has obtained an IS0 9001:2000 certification which obliges us to keep the high quality standards required for our kind of work.
-400 volunteers are actively working at our Bank and 1200 are registered and can be called upon when required. Â -Our volunteers donate around 15,000 hours of work and talent to our organization. Â -New warehouse:Â we are already starting to work on the construction project for the new warehouse which will be built on the land we have received from a private donor
 BENEFICIARIES  62% of our beneficiaries are children under 13 years old and 18% are teenagers. - 0-2 years ____________________  4.719 persons - 3-5 years____________________  16.802 persons - 6-12 years ___________________ 27.271 persons - Teenagers___________________  14.417 persons - Adults ______________________  12.230 persons - Elderly ______________________  3.455 persons TOTAL _______________________  78.894 persons  FOOD DONATIOS
- Food received(Kg)______________________________Â 2,952,103 - Food delivered (Kg)_____________________________Â 2,925,127 - Estimation of dietary needs of organizations (Kg) ______Â 14,150,406 - Percentage of needs covered by the Foundation______Â 20.7%Â
Marisa Giraldez - Directora General Virginia Errecart - Secretaria Ejecutiva. Alejandra Molina - Directora de Operaciones Ivana Hein - Coordinadora de Administración Fernando Bacigalupo - Coordinador de Contabilidad y Finanzas Walter Schuster – Asistente Administrativo/Contable MarÃa Dartiguelongue - Responsable de Desarrollo de Recursos SofÃa Nougues – Coordinadora de Desarrollo de Recursos Barbara Lan Duncan – Coordinadora de Desarrollo de Recursos Claudio Teloni – Responsable de Donantes de Alimentos Gastón Peton – Asistente de Donantes de Alimentos Lorena Orellana – Responsable de Comunicación Institucional Paula Goncalves – Responsable de Entidades Receptoras Daniel Broqua – Asistente de Entidades Receptoras Emmanuel Godoy - Asistente de Entidades Receptoras Mercedes Cid – Responsable de Recursos Humanos Solange Basso – Responsable de Calidad Pablo Wawro – Responsable de Depósito Leonardo Stark – Encargado de Depósito Roberto GarcÃa – Asistente de Depósito Claudio Mella - Asistente de Depósito Damián Merlo - Asistente de Depósito Daniel Apolonio - Asistente de Depósito Marcos Russo - Asistente de Depósito
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