- Served a total of 16.9 million people in 44 countries, representing a 76% increase in service from 2018
- Reached 8.9 million women and girls
- Worked through 56,171 beneficiary organizations, including pantries, soup kitchens, homeless shelters and orphanages
- Provided an estimated 1.4 billion meals
- Were powered by 191,903 volunteers
Food banks provided an estimated 1.4 billion meals in 2019
we released the results of this survey. In 2019, GFN network food banks:
Dear Partner –
The Global FoodBanking Network (GFN) circulates an annual assessment to our member food banks so that we can gather comprehensive information about service delivery, operations and programs. This year’s Network Activity Report rolled out about the same time that COVID-19 did, and given that our food banks rapidly entered disaster response mode, we extended the timeline to accurately capture data.
Today,