2017 – Volume 26, Issue 4, pp. 28–46 http://doi.org/10.18352/jsi.550 ISSN: 1876-8830
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Publisher: Utrecht University of Applied Sciences, Faculty of Society and Law, in cooperation with Utrecht University Library Open Access Journals Copyright: this work has been published under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 Netherlands License
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What are the results of a training programme for food bank clients? Findings from a qualitative study
Fifteen years ago, the concept of the food bank was introduced into the Netherlands. Since that time, food banks have been distributing food parcels to Dutch citizens who are eligible for support according to the criteria of the Dutch Food Bank. Food bank clients often experience problems on multiple levels. Not only do they have financial problems, but they also report problems relating to their physical and mental health. Rather than aiming to address the causes of the problems experienced by their target group, food banks were initially established with the mission of combatting food waste. The role of food banks in societies has been critically analysed in a number of international studies. It is argued that the existence of food banks reflects failures in government
H I L L E H O O G L A N D ,D O R I E N M U L
WAT L E V E R T E E N T R A I N I N G V O O R V O E D S E L B A N K K L A N T E N O P ? B E V I N D I N G E N U I T E E N K WA L I TAT I E V E S T U D I E
manager at De Regenboog Groep, an organization with a mission to reduce social poverty in Amsterdam.
Dorien Mul, MSc is a medical anthropologist. She works as project-assistant at De Regenboog Groep. She also works as a researcher in the field of social poverty.
Correspondence to: Hille Hoogland E-mail: hillehoogland.hh@gmail.com
Received: 11 August 2017 Accepted: 7 November 2017 Category: Research Hille Hoogland, MSc is a medical anthropologist and
conducting an external PhD research about food bank clients in Amsterdam and the effects of participation in a