Walmart joined the campaign along with suppliers and other donor companies of the bank to collect food, achieving a total of 38,295.12 pounds that will be delivered to the Asociación Civil Alimentos Solidarios who will be responsible for taking them to the more than 42 thousand people served by the institution.

Through the Impacto Colectivo por la Alimentación, Walmart in El Salvador is donating $15,600 worth of food and basic necessities to support the Food Route that the Bank is carrying out for the benefit of 200 children from communities in the eastern part of the country who live in vulnerable situations.  Impacto Colectivo por la Alimentación is an initiative created and promoted by Walmart Mexico and Central America in response to the food emergency experienced by thousands of Central American households, and supported by its business partners in the region.

In El Salvador, the companies that joined in 2023 are: Unilever, CMI (Corporación Multi Inversiones), Kimberly Clark, La Canasta, Kellogg's and the SMEs that are part of Walmart Hermel and Krispys' Una Mano para Crecer program. For the second consecutive year, 9 farmers joined the campaign, three of them belonging to Walmart's Tierra Fértil program.

"One of Walmart's main causes of social investment is to support access to nutrition through the 0 waste program, so for the fourth consecutive year we joined together with our suppliers to donate food and basic necessities to the Bank, in order to help it fulfill its mission to minimize hunger in El Salvador", said Sandra Cáceres, Corporate Affairs Coordinator for Walmart in El Salvador.

"On behalf of our organization, I am grateful for the trust placed in us by each of our allies and donors who join efforts in favor of building a country free of hunger and reducing food waste. I kindly invite more companies to consider Banco de Alimentos El Salvador as a strategic ally to meet their sustainability goals and join the mission of A Hunger-Free El Salvador!", said Ramón Vega, ACAS Board Member.

Translated by: A.M