Refood Coimbra celebrates its 8th anniversary at the UC
On the 9th of December 2015, Refood Coimbra was presented to the city at the University of Coimbra.
Translation: Diana Taborda
Refood Coimbra will hold a seed meeting and celebrate its eighth anniversary on the 4th of December at the Auditorium of the Rectory of the University of Coimbra (UC). The event is open to the public.
According to Refood Coimbra, the UC's support has been crucial, "for example by providing team meeting spaces", in a "partnership to combat food waste, as well as allowing the collection of surplus food from some canteens and the donation of furniture (stainless steel worktops)" for the association's premises.
In 2023, Refood Coimbra has already distributed more than 78,000 meals and delivered over 239,000 loaves of bread and cakes from 21 outlets, including supermarkets, bakeries and canteens. Around 60 volunteers, many of them UC students and teachers, use their own vehicles to collect the food and deliver it to 26 institutions in Coimbra.
Get to know more about the Refood Movement at https://re-food.org/en/home/ and Refood Coimbra at https://re-food.org/nucleos/portugal/coimbra
Refood is a 100% volunteer movement that recovers tons of good food to stop waste and feed people in need. In order to build a more just, caring and sustainable society, the initiative mobilises the community's resources and sense of social and environmental responsibility.