Even though the number of people in poverty is falling and the unemployment level is lower than in 2009/2010, there are still people in Latvia who receive their only hot meal of the day at soup kitchens run by charitable organisations.

To help such people, in the autumn of 2013, the Boris and Ināra Teterev Foundation launched the charitable programme “A PIECE OF BREAD” with the aim of providing impoverished people in need with the chance to enjoy a regular hot meal.

Special support is planned to be provided to children, pensioners and people with special needs, and further funding will be provided for activities which give their target audience the chance to participate in measures aimed at improving their status.