Hunger and poverty still affect thousands of families in the sertão. Your help transforms lives.
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Amigos do Bem volunteer receiving a food donation at a supermarket
How to Help

Food Drive

Every month, thousands of Amigos do Bem volunteers come together to collect food at supermarkets in São Paulo. The donations are organized at the Central do Bem (our distribution center) and delivered every month to thousands of families in need in the sertão, the semi-arid backlands of northeastern Brazil.

How to help

2026 Calendar

Check out our 2026 food drive dates

  • 07FEB
  • 07MAR
  • 11APR
  • 09MAY
  • 08AUG
  • 12SEP
  • 03OCT
  • 07NOV
  • 05DEC

Our impact

Key figures

150K

people receive food every month

4.5M

kilos of food distributed every year

10 DRIVES

food drives in São Paulo every year

Step by step

See how your donation reaches the sertão

Volunteers collecting food at a supermarket chain
1

Food is collected at supermarket chains

Food baskets being assembled and organized at the Central do Bem
2

At our Central, the food baskets are assembled and organized

Volunteers traveling to take the food baskets to the sertão
3

Our volunteers travel to take them to the sertão

Families in the sertão receiving the food donations in person
4

The families we serve receive the donations in person

Map showing the distances traveled from São Paulo to the sertão

From the Southeast to the sertão

Distance map

Food being distributed to families in the sertão

Delivery in the sertão

Food distribution

Every month, thousands of Amigos do Bem volunteers come together to collect food at supermarkets in São Paulo. The donations are organized at the Central do Bem and delivered every month to thousands of families in need in the sertão.

Donate and feed

What a food basket provides

Items that make up part of a basic food basket

R$ 50.00

With R$ 50.00, you help buy food to make up a basic food basket for families in the sertão.

Most chosen
A complete basic food basket for one family

R$ 100.00

With R$ 100.00, you help ONE family facing hunger with a basic food basket.

A set of basic food baskets for several families

R$ 250.00

With R$ 250.00, you help feed more families who have no resources at all.

Where we collect together

Meet the food drive teams

Supermarkets taking part in the food drive campaigns — Updated May 9, 2024

Atacadão

13 stores

  • Anchieta

    Av. Marginal Direita Anchieta km 11, s/n

  • Aricanduva

    Av. Aricanduva, 3.600

  • Cambuci

    Praça Alberto Lion, 100

  • Guarulhos

    Rua José Bernardo Medeiros, 235

  • Indianópolis

    Av. Jabaquara, 3063 - Mirandópolis

  • Ipiranga

    Rua do Manifesto, 931

  • Pacaembu

    R. James Holland, 668 - Pacaembu

  • Penha

    Rua Amador Bueno da Veiga s/n (altura do 2.600)

  • Santo André

    Av. dos Estados, 5200 - Santo André

  • São Caetano

    Av. Guido Aliberti, 1285 - S. Caetano do Sul

  • Tatuapé

    Av. Salim Farah Maluf, s/nº

  • Vila Guilherme

    Av. Joaquina Ramalho, 340 - Vila Guilherme

  • Vila Maria

    Avenida Morvan Dias de Figueiredo, 6157

Carrefour

15 stores

  • Anália Franco

    Av. Regente Feijó, 1.759

  • Anchieta

    Via Anchieta, 3.398 – km 11,15

  • Aricanduva

    Av. Rio Das Pedras, 555

  • Brooklin

    Av. Santo Amaro, 4815 - Brooklin

  • Eldorado

    Av. Rebouças, 3.970

  • Imigrantes

    Rua Ribero Lacerda, 940

  • Limão

    Av. Otaviano Alves de Lima, 1.824

  • Oratório

    Rua do Oratório, 85 - Santo André

  • Pamplona

    R. Pamplona, 1704 - Jardim Paulista

  • Pereira Barreto

    Av. Pereira Barreto, 2920 - Santo André

  • Santo André

    Av. Pedro Américo, 23 - Vila Humaitá

  • São Caetano do Sul

    Rua Adquidabã, s/nº

  • Vergueiro

    Av. Senador Vergueiro, 2000 - S.B.Campo

  • Vila Maria

    Av. Morvan Dias Figueiredo, 3.177

  • Vila Rio

    Av. Benjamin Harris Hunicutt, s/n - Guarulhos

Extra

2 stores

  • Itaquera

    Av. José Pinheiro Borges (Shopping Itaquera)

  • Ricardo Jafet

    Av. Ricardo Jafet, 1.501

Pão de Açúcar

13 stores

  • Anália Franco

    Av Regente Feijó, 1425

  • Brigadeiro

    Av. Brigadeiro Luis Antonio, 2.013

  • Cardoso de Almeida

    Rua Cardoso de Almeida, 472

  • Jabaquara

    Avenida Eng. Armando Ar.Pereira, 2.022

  • Jardim Paulista

    Avenida Brigadeiro Luís Antônio, 3.126

  • Morumbi

    Av. Major Sylvio de Magalhães Padilha, 16741

  • Oscar Freire

    Alameda Ministro Rocha Azevedo, 1.136

  • Ricardo Jafet

    Rua Professor Serafim Orlandi, 299

  • Santo André

    Av. Industrial, 700 - Centro

  • São Caetano

    Rua Maranhão, 975

  • Tatuapé

    Rua Serra de Bragança, 647

  • Teodoro Sampaio

    Rua Teodoro Sampaio, 1.933

  • Vila Clementino

    Av. Dr. Altino Arantes, 268

Roldão

1 store

  • Santana

    Av General Ataliba Leonel, 1555

Sam's Club

1 store

  • Radial Leste

    R. Padre Adelino, 685 - Quarta Parada