“Hunger is more than a lack of food. It’s a terrible injustice, unfairness and inequality,” Ban Ki-moon World Food Day is a day of action against hunger. On October 16, people around the world come together to declare their commitment to eradicate hunger in… Read More »World Food Day: Bridging the Hunger Gap in South Africa
Earlier this year Shoprite launched a new corporate TV advert that tells the story of a promise the brand made 40 years ago: to lower prices for consumers. In celebration of this campaign, Shoprite invited its customers to submit a promise, to make a difference… Read More »Fulfilling a promise to make a difference
Today FoodBank SA kick started its World Food Day Awareness campaign by taking to the streets to raise awareness of hunger in South Africa. Not only will we be raising awareness but we will also be showing the public how a small donation can go… Read More »World Food Day
The Gugu Dlamini Foundation, based in Ntuzuma in Durban, focuses on educating women and children about HIV and AIDS and life skills. Over and above that, the organisation has an ECD and a composting programme that generates income for them. Through these programmes the Gugu… Read More »The Gugu Dlamini Foundation
A three year partnership with Glencore will not only touch lives but will feed thousands of hungry South Africans. Glencore has generously committed to sponsoring FoodBank SA’s Rustenburg branch for three years, covering all of the operating costs of providing food to 33 beneficiary organisations… Read More »FoodBank SA and Glencore Have Done It Again
Jenny Morris (AKA “The Giggling Gourmet”) is one of South Africa’s most loved food personalities. She is a Food Network TV and Radio presenter, an author, magazine writer, and, celebrity chef, teacher and culinary tour guide who has had an ongoing love affair with food… Read More »Jenny Morris Becomes a FoodBank SA Ambassador
Mandela Day is more than a celebration of Madiba’s life and legacy. It’s a global movement to make the world better. This Mandela Day 14 companies spent their 67 minutes with FoodBank SA to pack thousands of meals and food hampers for those in need.… Read More »Joining Hands for Mandela Day
Christians in Action started one day when Heleen and Harry Smit gave a lift to a homeless person walking on the road. They immediately realised that there was a desperate need for the bare essentials to be supplied to impoverished South Africans. Heleen and Harry… Read More »Christians in Action Giving the Homeless a Hand
FoodBank SA has taken sourcing and collecting of food to a virtual level in a bid to increase its reach and distribute even more food to hungry South Africans. In January this year FoodBank SA introduced an exciting new concept called ‘Virtual Foodbanking’ (VFB), whereby… Read More »Introducing an Exciting Innovation – Virtual Foodbanking
Facing up to the hard-hitting facts of food insecurity and the life changing service FoodBank SA is able to offer vulnerable individuals. Fact: Undernourished children experience delays in their physical and mental development, chronic lethargy, trouble concentrating, and weight loss impacts on their immune health.… Read More »Feeding the future, one meal at a time