The results of the collection represent "an increase in relation to the value of the similar campaign last year", reads a statement from the entity.

"In times of great anxiety and some uncertainty like the ones we are experiencing, it fills our hearts to see that values as essential as solidarity and active civic participation remain firm and unchanged in the Portuguese", said the president of the Portuguese Federation of Banks Alimentares Contra a Fome (FPBACF), Isabel Jonet, cited in the statement.

The food collected will be distributed to "more than 2,400 social solidarity institutions, which deliver them to around 360,000 people with proven food needs", the note also reads.

In Madeira, 28,160 kilos of food products were collected from supermarkets in the region over the weekend, which will be distributed in the coming months to people proven to be in need, through partner institutions.

This result, according to a note from the Madeira Food Bank, surpassed that of the same period in 2023, by 21.8%, as well as that of the last campaign carried out, in December of last year, by 2.1%.

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