On November 19, Restos du cœur will initiate its 40th national campaign in response to a significant increase in requests for food assistance, with 200,000 more individuals seeking help in the past year due to the Covid pandemic and the Ukraine war. Yves Mérillon, spokesperson, highlighted a frightening rise in distributed meals from 140 million three years ago to an anticipated 200 million, prompting the organization to implement stricter access measures last year.

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