Summary report on use of Fund of European Aid to the Most Deprived

27 July 2016

The Commission has recently adopted a summary report on the implementation of the FEAD (Fund of European Aid to the Most Deprived) in 2014, based on the reports submitted by the Member States. The document shows that eight Member States (Belgium, Spain, France, Lithuania, Romania, Poland, Portugal and Slovenia) distributed a total of 228 707 tonnes of food in 2014. Almost 11 million people, of which 51% women have benefited from FEAD assistance in 2014.

Approximately a quarter of the recipients (3 million) were children aged 15 years or below and 1.2 million people aged 65 years or above.

Read the full report here 

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