Brasil, Sao Paulo
Clube de Compras

Located in Jd Lilà neighbourhood Capà Redondo district (Sao Paulo city periphery). Main actor is Church/Parish Santo Antonio, through Father Reinaldo (a grass-roots, socially active catholic father). Clube de Compras is a nucleous of the Solidarity Network, supported by ITCP-USP Incubadora Tecnologica de Cooperativas Populares USP (incubator of social cooperatives of University of Sao Paulo).

He organises lists of orders with local population and goes himself shopping at the “cerealista” area, a hub of transport and stock of fresh produce in the city outskirts (production coming from the green belts, interior of Sao Paulo State and other states).He uses a car/van from the church. The food he buys is stocked at the church, and people who made orders come to get it. There is a written list of participants. Diffusion/dissemination is made through “word of mouth” (passa parola) and folders. It is based on (non paid) voluntary work (Father Reinaldo, people that help sorting, stocking and distributing the food). A great deal of Clube de Compras activity can be considered as “food security”, targeted to very low income people. Participants motivation is the access to cheaper products and a accessible distribution system (different than a regular supermarket/ grocery shop).