G-572

FoodBank

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Project Description

Region: Africa

Country: South Africa

Location: Cape Town

Total Budget: $68,000

Area of Focus: Community economic development



Vission: "A South Africa without hunger and malnutrition"

Our Plan:

• In urban areas, feed people from foodbanks operating Food Rescue and Food Procurement programs

• In rural areas, eliminate hunger and create jobs by making small holder farming viable

• Everywhere, spur co-operation and efficiencies among those fighting hunger

"Roughly one third of the food produced in the world for human consumption every year - approximately 1.3 billion tonnes - gets lost or wasted." -- FAO, May 2011

FoodBank SA's Food Rescue program connects the world of waste to the world of want. FoodBank SA rescues food that would otherwise be lost or wasted, and gives it to those who need it most. Rescued and/or donated food which is within the expiry date period is received by the appropriate FoodBank warehouse, where branding is defaced and the food is sorted and packaged in line with the needs and specifications of the various agencies (about 1100 agencies countrywide) supported by the food bank. It costs just R1 to rescue food worth R6. By acting on behalf of such a large number of agencies, FoodBank SA achieves huge economies of scale. It cultivates food sourcing and distribution professionalism, which enables it to source and distribute massively increased volumes for agencies, at a far lower cost.

The application is for a 5 tonne refridgerated truck. Each truck can then collect 4 tonnes of food a day = 1 200 meals per day = 24 000 additional meals per month.

I have just spent 5 weeks in the USA visiting clubs and making presentations. If you would like to know more, please contact me.

Primary Host Partner

District: 9350

Rotary Club of: Wynberg

Primary Contact: Biffy Danckwerts

Email: aecon.e@mweb.co.za

Primary International Partner

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Project Status

Dropped
This project has been "Dropped". Check the history log entries to see why it was dropped.

Project listed for the 2014-15 Rotary Year.

Proposed Financing

Existing Contributions Towards This Project

Date

Cash

DDF

Total

Wynberg (9350)

4-Aug-13

$5,000

$0

$5,000

Remaining Amount to Raise

Additional Club Contribution (Needed) - Add a contribution

$40,334

-

$40,334

Amount Requested from The Rotary Foundation

$22,667

$0

$22,666

Total

$68,000

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History Log Entries

4-Aug-13

System Entry

Creation of project page.

2-Sep-15

System Entry

Project dropped per lack of response to the carry-over notification emails.

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