Assistance with the Sorting of Food Donations for People in Need

Berliner Tafel e.V.

Mitte, 10553 Berlin, Berlin
Medium German skills
Once
Volunteering session
  • Tue, 11/02/2025 | 13:00  –  17:00
  • Wed, 12/02/2025 | 11:00  –  15:30
  • Thu, 13/02/2025 | 13:00  –  17:00
Show dates
  • Food Saving
  • Hands-on Activities
  • Poverty Reduction
  • Zero Waste

About the volunteering opportunity

We want to pass on the fruit and vegetables that we rescue to people in need in Berlin as quickly as possible and dispose of as little as possible. That's why we need your support!

From the manager to the housekeeper, a colorful team sorts an equally diverse selection of donated fruit and vegetables according to the principle of the five senses and valid food standards. You will first receive a short introduction and can then get straight down to sorting food together with many other volunteers.

There is a lunch break during which you can get a warm lunch for €1 if required :)

Your Tasks

Together with many volunteers you will be responsible for sorting donated food (mainly fruits and vegetables) 

What's needed

For this volunteering opportunity, intermediate German skills are required.
You should be at least 18 years old , have a basic physical fitness, have an interest in dealing with food and have no reservations to come into contact with partly no longer edible goods. In addition, you should be able to proactively approach other employees and ask them for advice when you have already completed your task.

What to bring

We can supply you with the following materials for health and safety at work:

  • Medical mask: surgical or FFP2 mask
  • Disinfectant
  • Disposable gloves
  • Safety shoes with steel toe caps
  • Plastic bibs, aprons or green Berliner Tafel T-shirts to wear over your clothes as protection.
Please bring clothes that can get dirty and have socks with you, as you will be given work shoes.

There will be a lunch break during which you can get a warm lunch for 1 € if required :) 

Time required

Once

Dates

You need to sign up for this project 1 day(s) in advance

Tue, 11/02/2025
13:00  –  17:00
0 of 5 booked
Wed, 12/02/2025
11:00  –  15:30
0 of 5 booked
Thu, 13/02/2025
13:00  –  17:00
0 of 5 booked

Where?

Berliner Tafel e.V.

Every day, tons of perfectly good, edible food is thrown away in Berlin. Fresh nourishment that could help many Berliners in need if it were distributed properly - something that the Berliner Tafel e.V. has been accomplishing successfully since 1993, For 25 years, Berliner Tafel members and volunteers have been rescuing donated food, sorting it, and delivering it to social and charitable organizations throughout the city.

More about the organisation
Mitte, 10553 Berlin, Berlin
Medium German skills
Once
Volunteering session
  • Tue, 11/02/2025 | 13:00  –  17:00
  • Wed, 12/02/2025 | 11:00  –  15:30
  • Thu, 13/02/2025 | 13:00  –  17:00
Show dates
Mitte, 10553 Berlin, Berlin
Medium German skills
Once
Volunteering session
  • Tue, 11/02/2025 | 13:00  –  17:00
  • Wed, 12/02/2025 | 11:00  –  15:30
  • Thu, 13/02/2025 | 13:00  –  17:00
Show dates