The distribution of the 90,000 kg of food that the Government, through the Spanish Agricultural Guarantee Fund (FEGA), will distribute food to about 900 disadvantaged families in Melilla has already begun.
The Director of the functional area of Agriculture and Fisheries of the Government Delegation, Isabel Bassets, and the representative of the General Intervention of the State Administration (IGAE), Amelia Fernández, have traveled this morning to the warehouses of the Red Cross and the Food Bank to inspect the arrival of food that is going to be distributed among the associations and make the reception record.
In total, it is more than 122,000 kg of food that will be distributed this year in the city. In a first phase, which took place in May, more than 33,000 kg of food were distributed, and in this second phase, which begins now, 90,000 kg.
In particular, they are white rice, cooked beans and chickpeas, biscuits, canned tuna and sardines, cocoa, noodles, spaghetti, meat preserve, canned menestra, fruit in syrup, fried tomato and fruit and chicken pots.
From the 15 authorized associations and through their associated distribution warehouses Red Cross and Food Bank, a total of 876 families will be served at this stage with a report of need, which involves a total of 3,640 final beneficiaries.