Help for Mallorcans
Lisa Marie Münster
| 06.04.2021
The Berlin start-up SPRK is helping an initiative that fights against the increasing poverty on Mallorca. A first delivery has already arrived on the island.
While tourists are slowly able to return to Mallorca, the effects of the Corona pandemic have been devastating for islanders. Poverty has soared, with many people going hungry according to media reports. The Hope Mallorca initiative has been working for months to help the Mallorcans. And now receives help from a German start-up: SPRK rescues food and sends it to Mallorca, where Hope Mallorca takes over the distribution to foundations and food banks.
The first ten tons of relief goods were delivered at the end of March, reports the Berliner Zeitung
. The delivery included 2.5 tons of flour, 1.5 tons of water and a ton of UHT milk and fruit juice, as well as hygiene and cleaning products.Food rescue is all about SPRK, which uses artificial intelligence to detect surplus food in supply chains and redirect it to organizations such as hospitals or volunteer initiatives. The Berlin-based startup launched in early 2020 after a test phase and closed a single-digit million seed round in July.
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