The Koprivnica City Red Cross Society is the lead organisation for the 'Help Packages for Northern Croatia' project, in which 21 Red Cross societies from the Koprivnica-Križevci, Varaždin, Međimurje, Krapina-Zagorje and Zagreb counties act as partners. During October, the fifth distribution of food packages was carried out for project beneficiaries, who are individuals at risk of poverty or on the verge of poverty.
Through the implementation of the project to date, 7,224 beneficiaries have been included who have become entitled to receive packages. Beneficiaries have been distributed 33,045 packages of foodstuffs and 6,700 packages of hygiene and household supplies.
Among the partner societies is the Zabok City Red Cross Society, which operates in an area covering Zabok and the municipalities of Bedekovčina, Krapinske Toplice, Sveti Križ Začretje and Veliko Trgovišće. That society has included 113 beneficiaries who have received assistance in the form of food packages.
Staff and volunteers from the involved Red Cross societies informed and advised beneficiaries on the correct ways of storing and preparing food during the package distributions. They did this by presenting recipes and videos for preparing simple meals from the foodstuffs they had received.
Through the implementation of the 'Help Packages for Northern Croatia' project, by August 2028, the Koprivnica City Red Cross Society and 21 partner Red Cross societies will distribute at least 80,000 food packages. In the same period, 20,000 packages of basic material aid will also be distributed to approximately 8,000 members of the target group, single individuals and households living in poverty or at risk of poverty in the area of northern Croatia.
The project was approved on the basis of a grant agreement for non-repayable funds in the amount of €4,499,958.51, and is financed from the European Social Fund Plus in the financial period 2021-2027.
