Individual food packages

In implementation of the Operational Program for Food and / or Basic Material Assistance under the Fund for European Assistance to the Most Deprived Persons (FEPNL) - Plan 2016, on March 12, 2018 the Bulgarian Red Cross began phasing out individual food packages to 331,485 needy Bulgarian citizens

The schedule for distribution throughout the country is published on the websites of www.redcross.bg, on www.asp.government.bg and on the regional websites of the regional organizations of the Bulgarian Red Cross.

The distribution will continue until May 4 and all eligible persons included in the lists of the ASA will receive 16,320 kg of 7 types of food products: lentils - 7 kg; canned fish - 1,120 kg; peas - 3,200 kg; lutenitsa - 2 kg; tomato puree - 0.800 kg; biscuits - 1,200 kg and honey - 1 kg.

The following categories of citizens are included in the lists of the Social Assistance Agency:

• Persons and families assisted by targeted heating allowances during the heating season 2015/2016;

• Mothers (adoptive mothers) who have received monthly allowances for raising a child up to the age of one under Art. 8, para. 1 of the Family Allowances for Children Act (ACAA) as of October 2016;

• Persons and families who have received one-time targeted assistance for students enrolled in the first grade under Art. 10a of the Family Allowances for Children Act (ACAA) for the academic year 2016/2017;

• Persons and families who received one-time or monthly benefits intended for prevention and reintegration, raising the child with relatives and foster families under the terms and conditions of the Regulations for the implementation of the Child Protection Act (PDPA) as of October 2016 g .;

• Persons and families, accidentally injured in disasters and accidents in case of force majeure, assisted with one-time assistance under Art. 16 of the Regulations for implementation of the Law on Social Assistance (PSPA), based on the established individual level of material deprivation as of October 2016.

• Persons with established 90% permanent disabilities with foreign assistance, who received integration allowances under the Integration of People with Disabilities Act (ZIHU), who have a personal income of up to BGN 314 as of February 2017.

• Persons who received monthly allowances for raising a child with a permanent disability, pursuant to Article 8e of the Family Allowances for Children Act (FACA), as of February 2017.

The distribution will be carried out by employees and volunteers of the Bulgarian Red Cross in 310 points throughout the country, and each eligible person will receive food products against a signature and identity document.

The operational program is managed by the Social Assistance Agency and is implemented with the assistance of local authorities.

Citizens can get additional information in the regional / Sofia organizations of the Bulgarian Red Cross




In connection with the implementation of the Operational Program for Food and / or Basic Material Assistance, after approved applications for funding, the Bulgarian Red Cross was appointed contractor of the component "Provision of individual food packages" under Plan 2015 and Plan 2016.

The program is funded by the Fund for European Assistance to the Most Deprived (FEPNL), and the Managing Authority for Bulgaria is the Social Assistance Agency. The local authorities and the Bulgarian Food Safety Agency are involved in its implementation.

Every year, the lists of about 300,000 eligible persons are compiled by the Social Assistance Agency, and the provision of individual packages of basic food products (flour, rice, lentils, spaghetti, canned meat, canned fish, casserole, compote, jam, honey and etc.) is carried out by employees and volunteers of the Bulgarian Red Cross, in over 300 distribution points throughout the country.

This large-scale humanitarian program is very much needed for vulnerable people living in extreme poverty, and their number is constantly growing, in line with the expanding range of groups eligible for assistance. The scope and nature of the program periodically create difficulties of various kinds and require great efforts to resolve problems, but the BRC manages to mobilize its staff and about 4,000 volunteers who work diligently so that help can reach those in need in a timely manner. .