By early afternoon last Saturday, nearly 3,000 residents of Geneva, one of the world’s richest cities, had filtered through the stadium to receive a food parcel worth about $25. In medical terms, Geneva has not been as gripped by the coronavirus crisis as other areas of Western Europe. Ultimately, that demand led volunteers and city officials to set up a weekly food bank at the ice hockey stadium near the river. “If you wanted to pictogram Geneva, what would you put?” said Laura Cotton, a Swiss-British hospital decorator who volunteers at the stadium. Volunteers pack donated food into nearly 3,000 bags at a repurposed ice rink in Geneva on May 22, 2020.

Source: bd News24 May 30, 2020 19:30 UTC