Reduce waste, feed the poor

As part of this year's City Workshop festival in Lviv, a bench was made using recycled plastic. This one product brought together three initiatives that support waste reduction and eco-conscious waste management solutions.

War and full-scale invasion lead to rising food prices and limited access to food, which requires changes in our attitudes towards food. Food banks help solve these problems by reducing food waste and providing food to people without stable incomes

In Lviv, at 158 Kulparkivska Street, there is a special place that demonstrates the true power of community and humanity. The Tarilka public organization has become not just a food bank, but also a symbol of support and help for those who find themselves in difficult life circumstances.

Volunteers are the people who make the world a better place. To celebrate International Volunteer Day, we have prepared a video about two different but relevant areas of volunteering in Lviv: the Tarilka food bank and the Plast Bars production facility.

A new public space was created in Lviv as part of the City Workshop 2023. It was set up next to the Tarilkafood bank on Kulparkivska Street.

Food is both simple and complicated. Especially when it comes to global issues. We don't always think about how much food is wasted in the world. It's a huge amount!

For the fifth year in a row, the public organization Dostupnoo.UA has been holding the Forum of Inclusivity and awarding the winners of the [Open Doors] award. TARILKA NGO was among the winners of this year. Being the first food bank in Ukraine and providing assistance to socially vulnerable sections of the population in Lviv, the organization expanded its activities after the full-scale invasion on February 24.

The food bank "Tarilka" has been operating for almost a year in Lviv, at 158 ​​Kulparkivska Str. Volunteers go to supermarkets, restaurants or manufacturers and pick up expired or unmarketable food and give it to low-income people.

Food banks play an important role in solving the problem of population hunger in peacetime, and even more so in wartime. And if in Europe the culture of food banks has been developing for half a century, in Ukraine it is just beginning.