Created by the City of São Paulo at the beginning of the COVID-19 Pandemic, Cidade Solidária aims to distribute basic food baskets to the vulnerable population through registered Social Organizations. As of 2023, the Program becomes a permanent public policy, established by Municipal Law 17,819/2022 and delivers, daily, around 7,000 basic food baskets. From 2020 until mid-May 2023, Cidade Solidária served the population with approximately 7.6 million food baskets.

Official Name of Signatory

City of Sao Paulo

Delegation

Brazil

Website of the Signatory

Name of the person presenting the Good Practice

Lucas Roberto Paredes Santos

Position/Job Title of person presenting the Good Practice

Assessor International Relations

Aim of the Good Practice

Distribute basic food baskets to the vulnerable population, with the collaboration between the Public Power and private organizations;

Target Group of the Good Practice

Families in a situation of social and economic vulnerability.

Implementation period

From 2020 to present.

Consistency over time

Although it was created to mitigate the effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic, it is clear that the issue of hunger in the City of São Paulo persists, therefore the Program will, in 2023, be an activity developed systematically through of the Food Safety Coordination

Evaluation of the Good Practice

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Key stakeholders and partnerships

Social entities installed in the most vulnerable regions of the City of São Paulo, duly registered in the Program.