The Mexican government’s National Council for the Evaluation of Social Development reports that more than 44% of the country’s residents live in poverty, which the Council defines as living on less than the equivalent of $111 USD/month and the lack of access to at least one or more “social rights”, one of which is food.

The leadership team of Foodbank Lakeside (FBL) will discuss the specifics of food poverty in the Lakeside communities, describing the situations in which the organization’s recipients live and the challenges they face. They will explain what is being done to alleviate hunger in the local area by the large community effort that is Foodbank Lakeside.

The all-volunteer organization provides basic pantry items to needy families monthly and the food for Kids Kitchens run by Poco a Poco in poor, indigenous lakeside communities.