Dear Friends
Friday October 16 is World Food Day, a UN-sponsored event to highlight the issues of food security and global hunger. This year’s theme, Achieving Food Security in Times of Crisis, looks at the effects of the recent financial crisis on hunger across the planet. More than 1 billion people on our planet face hunger-related issues daily, and it is now more important than ever to take action to ensure food security among our most vulnerable global citizens. In South Africa, hunger affects 14 million people daily, and this figure is unfortunately growing.
To mark the week, FoodBank is planning an extensive media and publicity campaign, as well as launching our donations platform internationally. Highlights of the week are:
Care 2 Carry Bags:
A special limited edition of colourful, re-useable shopping bags with 10 different designs, drawn by children from our beneficiary organisations, are available available at Fruit & Veg City stores around the country. For every bag you buy, R2 will go to FoodBank South Africa. Please support this worthy initiative, and encourage friends and colleagues to do so.
The Lunch Gang:
Four colleagues from FoodBank South Africa have got together to create a social media campaign to focus on World Food Day, and its particular relevance to South Africa. They will be giving what they spend on lunch in a week to FoodBank South Africa, and challenging you to do the same. Each day they will also discuss and blog during their lunch hour about a topic related to World Food Day. To join in on the conversation, visit http://www.lunchgang.org. If you are into social media (or your children are!), you can also follow the Lunch Gang on Facebook, Twitter, LetterDash and MxIt.
To mark the week, FoodBank is planning an extensive media and publicity campaign, as well as launching our donations platform internationally. Highlights of the week are:
Care 2 Carry Bags:
A special limited edition of colourful, re-useable shopping bags with 10 different designs, drawn by children from our beneficiary organisations, are available available at Fruit & Veg City stores around the country. For every bag you buy, R2 will go to FoodBank South Africa. Please support this worthy initiative, and encourage friends and colleagues to do so.
The Lunch Gang:
Four colleagues from FoodBank South Africa have got together to create a social media campaign to focus on World Food Day, and its particular relevance to South Africa. They will be giving what they spend on lunch in a week to FoodBank South Africa, and challenging you to do the same. Each day they will also discuss and blog during their lunch hour about a topic related to World Food Day. To join in on the conversation, visit http://www.lunchgang.org. If you are into social media (or your children are!), you can also follow the Lunch Gang on Facebook, Twitter, LetterDash and MxIt.
eTV Breakfast Interview:
FoodBank SA will be a guest on the eTV Breakfast Show on World Food Day, 16 October. You will get a chance to get a closer view of what FoodBank is currently doing in South Africa, and what our plans are over the next few years. Be sure to tune in.
We hope that during this week, you will take the time to share the story of FoodBank South Africa with friends, colleagues and in your faith communities. Ending hunger in South Africa is the single most important investment in securing our country’s future.
Warm regards from the team at FoodBank SA
