*This data is collected through GFN's Network Activity Report and represents food bank member activity from CY2022.
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Staff from Mesa Brasil–SESC load and organize food and grocery donations in São Paulo. (Photo: The Global FoodBanking Network/Carlos Macedo)
Guarujá, São Paulo, Brazil: A warm meal and fresh produce sit on the counter before they are shared with children at The Association Casa de Acolhimento Lar Maanaim, an organization that receives food from Mesa Brasil–SESC (Photo: The Global FoodBanking Network/Carlos Macedo).
Two men pick out groceries to carry home from the Union of Nuclei Associations of Residents of Heliópolis and Region (UNAS Heliópolis), an organization that receives food from Mesa Brasil–SESC. (Photo: The Global FoodBanking Network/Carlos Macedo)
Fresh figs are donated by a local farm to Mesa Brasil–SESC. (Photo: The Global FoodBanking Network/Carlos Macedo)