Bread in a wheelbarrow, derelict space

In 2024 the Banco Alimentare network distributed 137,000 tonnes of food to 1.7 million people in need, through 7,600 charity organisations across Italy.

In 2024 more than 320,000 people turned to Caritas listening centres for the first time: 32% are employed Italians unable to make ends meet.

Where the State ends and need begins, another kind of work starts: the work of those who keep carrying bread without asking to whom.