Hot lunch in the conditions of the pandemic of COVID-19 in the municipality of Dobrichka

The current project to provide a hot lunch in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic is aimed at vulnerable people who, due to poverty and prolonged social isolation, are in a crisis in difficulty to provide for themselves. There will be a selection of 230 users from the target groups to provide a hot lunch, consisting of: soup, main course and bread and once a week dessert. The service will be provided through 11 units of Home Social Patronage, which has appropriate facilities and equipment for food preparation and transportation to consumers. Consumers will be provided with a varied weekly menu according to the Recipe Book for public catering establishments from 2010 published by Tehnika, a balanced diet will be provided, in compliance with the requirements for food safety and national standards and norms of nutrition. Accompanying measures will be implemented in addition to the distribution of food in order to reduce social exclusion and / or deal with social emergencies in an emancipatory and sustainable way, such as the cost of counseling, information materials on basic social rights and referral to other services, for individual and group counseling for family budget management, for preparation of guidelines for a balanced diet, etc. to inform and advise consumers on the possibilities for using social and administrative services, for healthy and balanced nutrition, as well as other forms of support, assistance, individual or group counseling, realized in response to identified specific needs and problems. As a result of the project implementation 230 people from the municipality will receive a hot lunch in 102 working days, their access to social services will be improved to overcome their social isolation in the conditions of the declared emergency situation arising from the need to limit the spread of COVID- 19.

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