What is BOROUME?

An average of 10.000 helpings daily offered through BOROUME

1 in 11 residents of the greater Athens urban area occasionally turns to soup-kitchens for help.

27,7% of the Greek population lives below the poverty line or is socially excluded

We offer fresh fruit and vegetables, bread, packaged as well as fresh food to welfare institutions and soup kitchens all over Greece.

BOROUME, which means “we can” in Greek, is a non-profit organization committed to reducing food waste and the distribution of surplus food for charity throughout Greece. Since its beginning in 2011 more than 4 million meals of surplus food have been donated to welfare organizations.

BOROUME is a communication hub between food donors and welfare organizations (welfare institutions, soup-kitchens, municipal social services) that creates “bridges” between those who have surplus food and wish to donate it and those who need it.

In the three years of its operation, BOROUME has created thousands of such “bridges”, often of permanent nature, and today offers on average more than 10.000 portions of food per day through its network.

Through its innovative model of utilizing food that otherwise would end in the garbage, its educational program and its awareness campaigns, BOROUME aims at creating a social movement against food waste.
BOROUME is a non-profit organisation that fights food waste by organizing the distribution of surplus food for charity throughout Greece.

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Boroume in Numbers:
More than 2.500 individuals seeking help have been advised on where to find food

Our work has been featured by more than 70 media outlets in 30 countries

News

• The Hellenic Initiative supports Boroume
  8 Dec 2015
• “Models of Excellence 2015” honors Boroume
  8 Dec 2015
• A typical morning at the House of Boroume
  8 Dec 2015
• KETHEA-PROMITHEAS needs our support
  8 Dec 2015

How we operate:

1. Wε communicate

daily and record the needs of welfare institutions, social services of municipalities, soup kitchens and people in need.

      2.We receive information

regarding donations of fresh and packaged food from restaurants, hotels, bakeries, fruit and vegetable markets, and other companies and people from all over Greece.

      3.We connect

the donations with suitable recipient-organizations based on the geographic proximity of both parties, not only for practical reasons, but also in order to strengthen neighborhood ties.

       4.We arrange

the delivery of the donation directly by the recipient-organizations in order to avoid further transportation costs and also to save time, a crucial factor when dealing with fresh food that has to be consumed as quickly as possible. 

         5.We record

5. the locations of a recipient-organizations on our interactive google map in order to be able to respond in the fastest possible way to demands we receive.

Networks and Distinctions
Annual Report 2014

Support

BOROUME

With your support, BOROUME will be able to help even more people in need.

Donations via our bank account:
Bank: Alpha Bank
Bank account (IBAN): GR1601401030103002320007491
BIC: CRBAGRAA

For donations to BOROUME’s bank account please contact us by email at info@boroume.gr or by telephone at  +30 210 32 37 805. This notification is needed in order for us to send you a receipt for your donation.

Donations via PayPal:

Donations via PayPal (for USA donors):
If you are a donor that is a resident or citizen of the USA you can use the following PayPal account of the 501(c)3 organization Friends of Boroume and make a contribution in US dollars.