A volunteer gives free food packages for a woman amid economic hardship outside parish church of Santa Anna, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Barcelona, Spain, June 2, 2020. Picture taken June 2, 2020. REUTERS/Nacho Doce
BARCELONA (Reuters) - Queues for food banks have swollen in Spain as the coronavirus crisis has left hundreds of thousands of people teetering on the edge of poverty.
For mother-of-two Aracely Mediavilla, the weekly deliveries of food and essential supplies from Barcelona-based volunteers have been a lifeline since she returned to Spain from Ecuador in the hope of getting her elder son medical treatment.
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