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by FoodForward SA
January 29, 2021

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We can change our world, together. Forming partner

We can change our world, together. Forming partnerships with change makers is key to ending hunger.
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@foodforwardsa’s foodbanking model relies on change makers to:

🍏 donate money to help us manage our warehouses and scale up our operations
🍏 donate surplus food instead of directing it to landfill
🍏 use surplus food to build stronger and resilient communities
🍏 share this post and help raise awareness of how surplus food can be used rather than wasted.
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Are you ready to join the food recovery revolution? Read more about our efforts and FoodForward SA’s MD, Andy Du Plessis, in this write-up on WeCanChangeOurWorld.
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#partnerships #partner #changemakers #foodbanking #donate #warehouseoperations #scaleup2021 #surplusfood #landfill #share #foodwaste #foodrecovery #endhunger #zerohunger #fillthegap #foodforward #servinghope #foodforwardsa #wecanchange #sdg17 #sdg2 #leaders #businessleaders #fighthunger #strongertogether2021

Registration for @foodforwardsa’s inaugural stak

Registration for @foodforwardsa’s inaugural stakeholder webinar is open. This year, our annual stakeholder meeting will be facilitated online, kindly hosted by @ccconferencecentre.
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In addition to sharing insights we gathered from operating during Covid-19, FoodForward SA will also be sharing exciting findings from a recent independent Social Return on Investment study on our foodbanking model.
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🍏 Topic: Covid-19: One Year Later. Actions Taken & Lessons Learned.
🍏 Date: Thursday, 18 March 2021
🍏 Time: 10h30-12h00
🍏 Format: Virtual
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RSVP at info@foodforwardsa.org by 10 March 2021. Webinar login details will be sent 48 hours prior to the webinar.

#webinar #stakeholder #covid19 #covid19sa #covid #coronavirussa #level1 #sroi #foodbanking #foodbank #virtualevent #virtual #virtualevents #endhunger #zerohunger #fillthegap #foodforward #servinghope #foodforwardsa

In South Africa, we have more than 5,000 food and

In South Africa, we have more than 5,000 food and beverage manufacturers, five major grocery retailers, four major fresh produce markets and 27,000 farmers. All of these generate surplus food that often ends up in landfill. This includes, for example, food that is perfectly good for human consumption but has failed to meet strict aesthetic specifications.
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Today is the start of Human Rights month and also the first day of our new financial year. Join the food recovery revolution to help those who find it difficult to realise their human right of access to sufficient food.
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Follow the link in our bio to learn more.
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#humanrights #humanrightsmonth #food #beverage #grocery #retailers #fresh #farmers #surplusfood #landfill #foodrecovery #endhunger #zerohunger #fillthegap #foodforward #servinghope #foodforwardsa #zerowasteliving #lesswaste #supplychain #southafrica

What is a celebration without a South African trea

What is a celebration without a South African treat?
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To celebrate World NGO Day, our ambassador, Chef @petegw, is sharing his milk tart recipe with us!
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He is using growth milk donated by #Lactalis, especially, so that our beneficiary organisations that serve growing kids over the age of 37 months can add it to their recipe folders.
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Thank you, Chef Pete and Lactalis.
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#worldngoday #ngo #lactalisexperience #growingtogether #Nationalmilktartday #southafrican #local #dessert #food #southafricancuisine #localislekker #milktart #melktert #foodielife #homegrown #chef #growth #foodie #endhunger #zerohunger #fillthegap #foodforward #servinghope #foodforwardsa #foodlover #sweet

To serve nutritious meals, @foodforwardsa’s bene

To serve nutritious meals, @foodforwardsa’s beneficiary organisations must have the necessary equipment and utensils needed for the preparation of food.
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During our quarterly, unannounced monitoring visits, our BO coordinators evaluate whether they have the correct cooking facilities and whether the number of beneficiaries they serve match up to their kitchen equipment (especially if they are residential).
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We recently visited @kidshavenbenoni in Benoni and found their kitchen to be in good working condition. They serve about 50 orphaned and vulnerable children each day and joined our network in Oct 2020.
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Supporting organisations that care diligently for vulnerable children is a priority for FoodForward SA. You can help us reach more centres for orphaned and vulnerable children by following the link in our bio to donate.
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#nutritiousmeals #foodprep #monitoring #evaluation #cookingfacilities #kitchenequipment #kidshaven #benoni #kitchen #network #support #orphans #donate #charity #children #food #helping #inthekitchen #nonprofitorganization #foodie #foodlover #grateful #endhunger #zerohunger #fillthegap #foodforward #servinghope #foodforwardsa

In April 2020, @onecartza launched a campaign on t

In April 2020, @onecartza launched a campaign on their online sales platform that allows their shoppers to contribute to @foodforwardsa’s food recovery and distribution efforts. So far, this partnership has helped us distribute approximately 260,000 meals to vulnerable beneficiaries across South Africa.
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"OneCart is a proud supporter of FoodForward SA as an organisation that aligns with our core value of contributing and giving back to the broader communities of South Africa." - Ariel Navarro, OneCart COO.
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Our friends at OneCart not only simplify grocery shopping but also help our most vulnerable communities access nutritious surplus food.
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Thank you, OneCart!
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#onecart #onecartza #onlineshopping #onlinegroceryshopping #causemarketing #marketing #business #foodrecovery #food #distribution #meals #southafrica #givingback #thankyou #zerowasteliving #nowaste #plasticpollution #goodcause #nonprofitorganization #communityservice #endhunger #zerohunger #fillthegap #foodforward #servinghope #foodforwardsa

If food wastage were a country, it would be the th

If food wastage were a country, it would be the third-largest greenhouse gas emitting country in the world. This is unsustainable.
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@foodforwardsa Managing Director, Andy Du Plessis, addressed signatories of South Africa’s food loss and waste voluntary agreement today to educate them about our foodbanking model and the benefits of donating.
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Encourage your friends who own or manage businesses to join the food recovery revolution and help reduce food waste with 50% by 2030. Just imagine how many more people we can feed if more supply chain role players decide to donate.
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Learn more about the initiative by following the link in our bio.
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#fillthegap #zerohunger #endhunger #servinghope #africa #foodforwardsa #foodforward #wedomorewednesdays #foodloss #foodwaste #cgcsa #foodbanking #sustainability #goals #savetheplanet #southafrica #sustainable #foodshare #zerowaste #determination #hope #lovefood #fruit #vegetables #environment #foodsecurity #food #greenhouse #emissions #dti

Make your @foodforwardsa donation before the tax y

Make your @foodforwardsa donation before the tax year ends on 28 February 2021. All donations to FoodForward SA are tax-deductible!
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By donating only R255, you can help FoodForward SA feed one person one nutritious meal per day for an entire year.
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Donate here: bit.ly/FFSA_Donate
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#taxes2021 #taxdeductable #tax #business #taxes #accounting #taxseason #finance #incometax #accountant #entrepreneur #money #taxrefund #taxprofessional #taxreturn #taxpreparation #audit #cpa #taxplanning #taxconsultant #businessowner #accountants #fillthegap #zerohunger #chep #endhunger #servinghope #foodforwardsa #foodforward

Each day, @foodforwardsa’s warehouses receive a

Each day, @foodforwardsa’s warehouses receive a variety of food donations. To implement best practice in surplus food recovery operations, optimally working facilities and handling equipment such as cold storage, forklifts, pallet jacks, pallets, packaging and large trucks are essential.
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Because FoodForward SA has world-class partners in our supply chain that enable this optimisation, we can achieve the highest standard of food safety and distribution.
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Thank you to valued partners like @chep_global, @unitrans_sa, @toyotaforklift, Ctrack, @ces_forklift and @eie_group for enabling surplus food recovery.
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#surplusfood #foodrecovery #coldstorage #forklifts #palletjacks #pallets #packaging #truck #supplychain #foodsafety #distribution #chep #unitrans #toyotaforklift #ctracksa #cesforklifts #eiegroup #fillthegap #zerohunger #endhunger #servinghope #foodforward #foodforwardsa #africa #logistics #delivery #goals #like #southafrica #warehouse

We are delighted to announce that the continent’

We are delighted to announce that the continent’s largest food manufacturer, Tiger Brands, has committed to provide @foodforwardsa with monthly donations of bulk food groceries to further boost our combined efforts to address food insecurity across the country.
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These much-needed groceries are in addition to Tiger Brands’ regular donations of quality surplus food, reinforcing their commitment to promote sustainable consumption and production. Products such as rice, pasta, peanut butter, jam and maize meal will be most welcomed by our more than 1,000 registered beneficiary organisations, as they have had to increase the amount of meals they serve to meet the growing demand for food in our vulnerable communities.
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Thank you, Tiger Brands, for your generosity and your commitment to the @unitednations’s Sustainable Development Goals.
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#foodmanufacturing #foodmanufacturing #bulkfood #groceries #foodinsecurity #tigerbrands #donations #surplusfood #foodpics #nourishandnurture #thefutureoffoodsa #sustainableconsumption #sustainableproduction #rice #pasta #peanutbutter #jam #africa #maizemeal #meals #food #foodforwardsa #foodforward #endhunger #zerohunger #servinghope #fillthegap #sdggoals #chep

My School, my village and my planet are yours too.

My School, my village and my planet are yours too. We’re all connected.
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Since the beginning of this financial year, @myschool_sa 's donations have enabled us to distribute 75,673 meals so far. Thank you, MySchool!
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If you’re shopping at @woolworths_sa today, don’t forget to sign up for your card and help us connect a world of excess to a world of need.
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#woolworths #myschool #myvillage #myplanet #bethedifference #makingadifference #togetherforchange #makeeveryswipecount #help #africa #change #education #school #community #donate #endhunger #fillthegap #foodforward #foodforwardsa #servinghope #zerohunger #donations #giveback #helpingothers #support

The four pillars of a food-secure nation are avail

The four pillars of a food-secure nation are availability, access, utilisation and stability (@fao). In South Africa, while food availability is not the main issue, millions of people cannot access food because they have little or no income and as a consequence cannot afford to buy healthy food for sustained health.
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On 29 January 2021, @foodforwardsa, in partnership with the Western Cape Government Health and @picknpay’s Feed the Nation Foundation, launched a project to benefit thousands of vulnerable patients with compromised immunity and their families.
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One of the project’s beneficiaries, during a recent delivery, commented: “This food parcel will go a long way as it will help me a lot. It is difficult with everything that is so expensive. The pension does not cover everything. We suffer. As I’m sitting here, I don’t even have a bread’s money”.
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Since the launch three weeks ago, we have so far distributed 390 nutritious food parcels to vulnerable patients, benefitting 2,340 people, across the Cape Metropole.
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#westerncape #departmentofhealth #pnpfeedthenation #doh #picknpay #foodinsecurity #surplusfood #donation #foodsecure #food #healthyfood #foodparcels #capemetropole #foodforwardsa #endhunger #zerohunger #fillthegap #servinghope #foodsecurity #bhfyp #foodies #igers #foodiesofinstagram #foodlover #goals #green #healthy

Addressing hunger requires a team effort. . Regul

Addressing hunger requires a team effort.
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Regular audits are critical to @foodforwardsa’s operations, by ensuring good governance and maintaining trust with our donors. It also keeps us accountable to our partners on whose donations we rely.
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• FoodForward SA uses third-party food safety consultants to evaluate our operations against legal and industry requirements.
• Our retail partners like @woolworths_sa and @nestle conduct regular external audits.
• The integrity of our cold chain is checked by partners such as @danonesouthafrica.
• Every two years, @foodbanking assesses whether our foodbanking operations are compliant with international standards.
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We’re in this together. Visit www.foodforwardsa.org to learn more about how you can get involved.
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#audit #operations #governance #accountability #partners #donations #foodsafety #externalaudit #integrity #coldchain #foodbanking #compliance #network #foodforwardsa #endhunger #zerohunger #servinghope #fillthegap 🍏

Over 700 people a day benefit from the quality sur

Over 700 people a day benefit from the quality surplus food FoodForward SA supplies to Women for Peace each month.
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Women for Peace, situated in Mfuleni in Cape Town, was established in 1976 and is one of @foodforwardsa's over 1,000 beneficiary organisations. They offer, among others, an art and craft skills development program, an afterschool program and a soup kitchen.
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It’s Random Acts of Kindness Day. Experience the positive effects of doing kind acts for others. Even the smallest act of kindness can change a life.
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Follow the link in our bio to help FoodForward SA support registered community-based organisations by donating.
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#explorethegood #makekindnessthenorm #womenforpeace #randomactsofkindnessday #donors #partners #soupkitchen #foodgarden #mfuleni #capetown #foodforwardsa #endhunger #zerohunger #servinghope #fillthegap #community #charity

Our food heroes, Billy Mbambani and Ranche Colema

Our food heroes, Billy Mbambani and Ranche Coleman from our Port Elizabeth branch recently received their forklift licenses. Billy did his forklift refresher course, whilst Ranche completed his first.
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Thanks to our food heroes’ specialised skills, @foodforwardsa ensures that the food we receive from our donors is recovered, sorted, stored and distributed with care.
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Congratulations, gentlemen!
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#stafftraining #operations #foodbanking #healthandsafety #healthandsafetytraining #foodheroes #portelizabeth #forkliftdriver #forkliftsafety #safety #training #safetytraining #safetyfirst #congratulations #foodforwardsa #endhunger #zerohunger #servinghope #fillthegap

We’re always happy to receive something sweet. I

We’re always happy to receive something sweet. It makes the children who visit the beneficiary organisations in our network smile.
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@nestle recently donated surplus @maggisouthafrica Noodles to @foodforwardsa. Along with this we also received @qualitystreetsa chocolates and @kitkatsouthafrica treats which our children and elderly beneficiaries will especially enjoy! Our food heroes will add grocery items to these pallets to ensure the nutritious content of the food hampers we provide our BOs remain above 80%.
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Thank you, Nestle!
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#business2business #business2021 #businesssolutions #supplychain #partnersmakemorepossible #foodheroes #partnersinperformance #surplusstock #environmentprotection #nestle #qualitystreet #kitkat #kksa #haveabreak #maggi #foodhampers #magginoodles #haveyourfavourite #groceries #cheppallets #chep #foodforwardsa #endhunger #zerohunger #fiithegap #servinghope #mondaymotivation #chep

Apart from their regular surplus food donations we

Apart from their regular surplus food donations we collect from their dispatch centres, partnership in our annual Mandela Day Food Drive and participation in our FoodShare virtual foodbanking programme, @picknpay has also partnered with @foodforwardsa and the Western Cape Department of Health to implement our pilot food relief initiative.
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Pick n Pay’s Feed the Nation Foundation provides grocery items for 100 food parcels each week that we deliver to patients whom the Western Cape Department of Health has identified as requiring additional nutritional support.
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For more information about the initiative, follow the link in our bio to listen to an @expressoshow interview with FoodForward SA Managing Director, Andy Du Plessis.
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Thank you, Western Cape Department of Health for your partnership. Thank you, Pick n Pay and Feed the Nation Foundation, for doing what is good for our people and planet.
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#westerncape #departmentofhealth #doh #picknpay #foundation #feedthenation #chep #foodinsecurity #surplusfood #donation #mandeladay #fooddrive #foodshare #foodbanking #foodrelief #nutrition #groceries #foodparcels #endhunger #zerohunger #servinghope #fillthegap #wecanchange #foodsecurity 🍏

We all speak different love languages and for some

We all speak different love languages and for some a gesture is worth more than any gift will be.
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Contact our team at info@foodforwardsa.org and we’ll help you make Valentine’s Day extra special. When you donate to @foodforwardsa, our team will send your Valentine’s Day card and message to that special person in your life.
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In addition to surprising them with this special gesture, you’ll also be gifting someone with access to nutritious food. We’ll let your gift recipient know what number of meals will be provided in their honour.
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For instance, with a donation of R255 you can help FoodForward SA feed one person one nutritious meal per day for an entire year.

#valentinesday #valentines #valentinesday2021 #giftideas #love #gift #fillthegap

Did you know? All donations to @foodforwardsa are

Did you know? All donations to @foodforwardsa are tax-deductible!
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Make your donation before this tax year-end and join the #foodrecoveryrevolution. Follow the link in our bio to donate.
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#tax #taxdeductions #taxsubmission #provisionaltax #taxreturns #taxes #sars #section18a #taxcertificate #foodforwardsa #endhunger #zerohunger #servinghope #fillthegap #donate #incometax #efiling #southafrica #southafricanrevenueservice #taxcredits

We recently visited Mandelaville Crisis Committee

We recently visited Mandelaville Crisis Committee in Roodepoort and were satisfied to see their cupboards stocked with the canned food items, staples and produce we provided them. This food enables Mandelaville Crisis Committee to prepare nutritious meals for about 200 people a day, some of whom enrolled in their skills development programmes.
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Quarterly, unannounced visits help @foodforwardsa determine if our beneficiary organisations’ kitchens are operational and stocked with the food we supply to them.
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Monitoring and evaluating (M&E) is a critical part of FoodForward SA’s measures to monitor compliance, assess our services and determine if the food we distribute reaches the intended beneficiaries.
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#governance #support #compliance #mandelavillecrisiscommittee #roodepoort #cannedfood #staples #nutritiousmeals #skillsdevelopment #monitoring #foodforwardsa #endhunger #zerohunger #servinghope #fillthegap #food #instagood #instafood

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