06 November, 2015

By VIVA Team

food-bank-volunteer

BANCOSOL needs 5,000 volunteers to lend a hand between November 27 and 28 at supermarkets across the Málaga province.

Expatriates living on the Costa del Sol have been urged by the BANCOSOL food bank of Vélez-Málaga to lend a hand, give up their time and donate much-needed food as part of the food bank’s annual Gran Recogida food drive.

The campaign is to be held at the end of November and is targeting thousands of the – largely wealthy – expats who call the Costa del Sol their home to help out…

The food drive has, in recent years, provided food and toiletries to many cash-strapped families living across the Málaga province. After the economic crisis hit, many people were plunged into poverty, particularly in the small pueblos and villages that dot the hills behind the glitz and glamour of Marbella.

This year, BANCOSOL estimate that they will need 750,000 kg in food, mercifully down on last year’s drive, and is hoping to enlist the services of 5,000 volunteers to help out at supermarkets right across the region on November 27 and 28.

According to the event organiser Manuel Alarcón, English- and French-speakers are badly needed to help coordinate the campaign, volunteering in those shops that take part to ensure non-Spanish speakers in need of food and other essentials can receive the service they need.

If you are an expat on the Costa del Sol and would like to sign up as a volunteer, BANCOSOL has urged expats to call their hotline on 952 179 579, extension 2.