We support social inclusion to ensure the most vulnerable have access to food.
Food Assistance
- Beneficiaries
- Square meals distributed
- Nationality of beneficiaries

In collaboration with: the Community of Sant’Egidio (Genoa and Catania), Ricibo (Italy), Food Bank (Italy, France, Austria and Switzerland), Comunità San Benedetto al Porto (Italy), Parroquia San German (Spain) and Kirchengemeinde Eidelstedt (Germany).

To provide a square meal to the most vulnerable as well as families experiencing food insecurity, we commit to targeted campaigns, transforming surpluses into resources.
On-the-ground experience in our city, Genoa, and the local communities we encounter around the world, inform us of the ever increasing number of people experiencing poverty and food insecurity.
Thus, the Food Assistance programme has become one of the most sensitive issues among Costa Cruises Foundation’s activities; our commitment in responding to this need is supported by a wide network of solidarity, which begins with individual volunteers and embraces all those stakeholders like suppliers, partners and associations who, over the years, have demonstrated and implemented a shared awareness of the most vulnerable groups. To date, the square meals and food parcels we donated and distributed have sustained the hopes of many people and families, offering them a little help through targeted projects that went beyond mere food assistance.
AREAS OF ACTIVITY

- A square meal that gives hope
Every hot meal restores dignity and comfort, transforming the right to food into an essential campaign for living with dignity.
- Countering food insecurity together
People, partners and suppliers unite to make aid accessible to all, transforming collaboration into an act of sustainable solidarity.
- Countering an unstoppable emergency
Food insecurity is a silent crisis exacerbated by war, climate disasters and social emergencies. Our commitment is to guarantee food and support where they are most needed.
December 2025
The Wave reaches SpainOur wave of solidarity arrived in Spain: with enthusiasm and teamwork, our partners prepared food parcels that had a real impact on the neediest. Gracias, team España!
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December 2025
... and now in Italy!The Volunteering Wave ended in Genoa, with over 50 volunteers assembling Christmas packages to be distributed to families in Valpolcevera, with the assistance of San Benedetto and Rete Ricibo.
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November 2025
Austrian Christmas WaveThe Volunteering Wave kicked off in Austria: Costa's teams assembled food parcels for local not-for-profit organisations. A kind action with tangible outcomes.
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August 2025
World Humanitarian DayEvery day, with Food Assistance, we provide people experiencing food insecurity with a hot meal, in a soup kitchen or with a food parcel. Your 5x1000 will help us reach even more vulnerable families.
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July 2025
Special visit aboardThe kids from the Compagnia della Tartaruga visited the Costa Smeralda: housekeeping, kitchens with Chef Fontanesi, plus a sweet surprise from Pastry Chef Bellaera. An experience of inclusion and discovery.
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June 2025
Support in CivitavecchiaWe renewed our support for Caritas, the Red Cross and Sant'Egidio to provide accommodation and hot meals to vulnerable groups, strengthening community engagement every day.
April 2025
Together against food insecurityThrough the Food Assistance programme, we support many mothers who rely on soup kitchens or food parcels. Your #5x1000 will help us reach even more families. Tax Code: 02278760992.
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December 2024
A wave of solidarityDuring the Volunteering Wave, Costa's partners in Europe prepared almost seven tons of goods in food parcels, destined to local communities.
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December 2024
Holidays in the soup kitchenDuring the holidays, Costa's volunteers assisted Sant'Egidio in Genoa by preparing packages, setting up soup kitchens and delivering hot meals.
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December 2024
Christmas Volunteering WaveFor the Christmas Volunteering Wave, Costa's volunteers prepared 200 food parcels for the families supported by the Ricibo network.
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November 2024
An afternoon at CEPWith the Scuola della Pace, we organised an afternoon of games and workshops for the children of the CEP public housing programme and donated packs with school supplies.
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February 2024
A great milestoneThanks to the Food Assistance programme, and alongside local associations, we reached over 76,000 people.
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October 2023
Gala community lunchFor Costa's 75th birthday, we served a community lunch to 150 guests from Sant'Egidio's soup kitchen, in the cloister of the Basilica of the Santissima Annunziata.
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July 2022
Humanitarian aid for UkraineCosta and the Costa Cruises Foundation sent aid to Kharkiv: over 3.5 tons of food was purchased through fundraising in collaboration with the Associazione Pokrova.
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- Material assistance
We repurpose unused items to support the most disadvantaged communities.
- Volunteering and social cohesion
We believe in the transformative power of volunteering: a wave of energy that makes a difference.
- Marine Biodiversity Education
We raise awareness among the youngest generation about caring for and conserving the marine environment.
