Dear readers, South Africa recently commemorated Human Rights Day, and will shortly celebrate 25 years of democracy on April 27th. “Celebrate” seems an ironic word choice when at the very basic level – the right to adequate nutritious food – in our 25th year of freedom, we see the most unjust prevalence of food poverty, […]
FoodForward SA was thrilled to receive word from Susan Wright, founder of bonhappi-T, that we would be receiving a whopping R350,000 donation as a result of a successful partnership between bonhappi-T and Pick n Pay last year. Bonhappi-T is a social entrepreneurship company with a global online store – bonhappi-t.com – operating since August 2016. Every bonhappi-T […]
The Two Oceans Marathon – Africa’s biggest and most beautiful running event – turns 50 this year and they want to make history by surpassing the R5 million mark for charity. This year FoodForward SA is an official charity partner to the Two Oceans Marathon Initiative (TOMI).
This week FoodForward SA’s Managing Director, Andy Du Plessis will be attending the Food Bank Leadership Institute in London. The annual Food Bank Leadership Institute (FBLI) is attended by 150 food bankers from more than 50 countries. FBLI attracts not only food bankers, but corporate partners and thought leaders from across the globe to discuss the unique challenges facing the sector as they work to meet the needs of food insecure populations, while reducing food waste globally.
Buyfresh.co.za is an online marketplace that conveniently offers its customers quality meat, poultry and fish products delivered directly to their front doors.
This Human Rights Day, Buyfresh is harnessing what they do best to give back toward our shared vision of a South Africa without hunger.
Their new initiative is called #BagAMeal. For every order placed on their website online, Buyfresh donates the cost of redistributing one meal to FoodForward SA on behalf of their customers.
Christmas is a distant memory already, but thanks to Woolies and their customers, meals will be given to those who need it most throughout 2019. The Woolworths One Small Spoon Christmas campaign united customers to help raise R2 million to help FoodForward SA unlock 2.5 million additional meals this year. Woolies customers participated in the […]
Food Forward SA invites 10 unemployed youth to participate in a Supply Chain Skills Programme at our Cape Town warehouse for a period of 6 months REQUIRED CRITERIA To be considered for this programme, candidates must be between the ages of 18- 25 years have obtained a grade 12 certificate or equivalent (NQF4). have contactable […]
FoodForward SA beneficiary organisations across the country are in for a sweet surprise as the first-ever batch of FFSA tomato jam will shortly be distributed as an addition to the regular food basket offering, while stocks last. Faced with an oversupply of fresh tomatoes as a result of the success of our recently launched Second […]
In our final blog post for the year, we share with you a message from our Chairman, Crispin Sonn. This originally appeared in our 2018 annual report.
From 20 December you will be able to help FoodForward SA supply a month’s worth of meals to a hungry person just by buying a special bonhappi-T shirt from selected Pick n Pay Clothing stores nationwide. These bonhappi-Ts have been created especially for Pick n Pay and are available for men, women, boys and girls. […]
