Kelaparan

One example is the story of Juana Valle Lao in El Coyolar, Nicaragua. Her family farms coffee on a small plot of land near their home and struggled annually with seasonal hunger. On my first visit, the coffee plants were under-pruned and unfertilized. While growing, the plants could have been more productive.

Through a food security project sponsored by GMCR, Juana was introduced to bokashi (organic fertilizer) and how to produce and use it to help her coffee plants grow healthier – generating more income. She also learned to grow various fruits and to produce products like marmalades that she could sell and use to feed her family.

On a subsequent visit to Juana’s farm, I immediately noticed the health of her coffee plants – the bokashi was working. She led me to a small, previously fallow, plot on her property. An elaborate system of stakes and wires made the plot resemble a vineyard, but instead of grapes, passion fruit hung, basking in the sunlight. Juana told me that because of us, her passion fruit was now yielding more income than her coffee and that she no longer experienced food insecurity. Her story is just one of nearly 50,000 others.

Our society owned wheelchair bus will pick up potential gardeners who will be able to work with the raised growing platforms, seeding, weeding, watering and harvesting as they are able. Feelings of self worth will be maintained for the seniors as they realize they can still contribute through their effort and through the interaction they have with the children. Social interaction will take place and the seniors will be provided with a source of
nutritious food that they can feel good about eating. The quality of life of the seniors is significantly improved.

Farmers’ income peaks at harvest time, but fertilizer and seed are usually not available then. myAgro enables farmers to pay, via SMS layaway, for the fertilizer and seed they need for next year at anytime they have money.

People living on < $4/day tend to buy items in incremental amounts. Buying fertilizer and seed via myAgro’s SMS layaway program fits into the way households think of and manage their money. Cards are sold at the same store where farmers do their daily shopping so the process is convenient, trustworthy and by using SMS mobile payments, it is transparent.

Farmers go to their local store to buy a myAgro card ($1 - $25) and by sending an SMS with the card’s secret code, they update their layaway account with their purchase.

Before planting time, we deliver the fertilizer and seed farmers have paid for and train farmers to help improve yields. We also find markets for their harvests.

The myAgro program includes the fundamental components that farmers need to be successful: quality inputs, training, financing and market access. By leveraging an SMS layaway program via a local network, we can work with a large number of farmers in remote, rural areas.

TAPS Volunteer Disability Advocacy Project has made a significant difference in the lives of more than 3000 people. The project has significant benefits for both volunteers and clients. In effort to foster inclusion, persons with disabilities will be recruited as volunteers, and will gain extensive and significant career skills which foster strong employment and educational assets. Volunteer advocates participate in a comprehensive training regime that includes six hours of in-class instruction and three 'shadow' shifts where they observe more experienced volunteers. After the training is complete and the volunteer feels comfortable and competent, they begin assisting their own clients with the 23-page application for persons with disabilities benefits. Persons with disabilities are supported in successfully acquiring equitable benefits that contribute to better housing and health outcomes. This support is especially important for clients with low-literacy levels as without this support they will simply fall through the cracks. It is also vital for people with mental health, brain injury and/or addiction issues who would not otherwise be able to complete the application. Receiving persons with disabilities benefits greatly improves the quality of life for a person living with disabilities.

Sport is a very powerful vehicle for social change and bridging communities. Tapping into this potential, we want to channel the passions of communities around the world to bring sport and social change together. By organizing pick-up sport events for individuals to come play after making a donation, you’re changing the giving experience, making it increasingly personal and fostering long-term connections with a positive ripple effect in each community you enter. Moreover, organizing the sporting event puts emphasis on playing the game for the right reasons and ultimately for the food banks. The nature of the model is all inclusive to encourage everyone from children to seniors to come participate, creating an environment that bridges generations through sport and nurtures community by giving to directly impact the local communities.

There is no better example of our impact than the reach of FHFF in Vancouver. Organized on Granville Street, we had 3 road hockey rinks set up with over 200 players of all ages and demographics. There was extensive media coverage (on local networks) and appearances by Vancouver celebrities, media talent, and major corporations. The Greater Vancouver Food Bank collected over 40,000 lbs of food and monetary donations, more than doubling what was brought in last year and helping us surpass our goal of 100,000 lbs of food. Most importantly, everyone was having a good time and learning about the efforts our local food banks make. Some were even asking how to get involved with the organization, showing just how intriguing the underlying idea is.

EPCDC's Commercial Kitchen Incubator collaboration empowers new and emerging businesses to utilize an affordable, shared commercial kitchen and equipment, network with other business owners, and access appropriate technical assistance including marketing, packaging, distrubution and capital. EPCDC has conducted extensive outreach and orientation presentations with ALBA, Farmlink and the County Resource Conservation District. Interested small entrepreneurs submit an application with basic business information including food product, current and projected sales, food safety certification needs, and a business plan. Applicants without a business plan are referred to EPCDC's business education classes or a consultant. El Pajaro CDC reviews and assesses each applicant and places qualified applicants on its waitlist. There are currently 60 clients on the list. Accepted clients sign a participation agreement and lease and participate in the incubator program and operate their business out of the CKI. Participants receive industry-specific technical assistance related to market analysis, marketing, labeling and packaging, access to capital, and food safety and preparation, and access to affordable produce from ALBA Organics' farmers as needed. New farmers receive training from CKI partner, ALBA. Tenants also pay an affordable rate for the time they need in the kitchen and storage. Successful microenterprise owners develop a formal food-based business that evolves into a self-sufficient, income-generating venture that supports the entrepreneur, their family and the culture.

Teaching to read and write, teaching entrepreneurship and sell their product.

Ada is young girl who had to drop out of secondary school because of an unwanted pregnancy. Her parents sent her packing from the house and the father of her child has abandoned her. She was able to give birth and now works in a factory. She however notices that her child falls sick quite often and isn't quite growing like other children. She spends a lot of her meagre salary trying to treat her child.

Through one of Halo Foundation's outreaches in her community, she came across one of the photo-bulletins that addressed the issue of malnutrition and diarrhoeal diseases. The photo-bulletin, through its captivating pictures aroused her curiosity and she spoke with one of the foundation's representatives. The representative was able to educate her on the need for exclusive breast-feeding and proper hand-washing and sanitation practices.

Ada was initially hesitant to accepting such practices, insisting she was busy at work and did not see the need for it but through continuous engagement and support from the foundation, she finally obliged and began such practices. Ada's baby has since begun to develop normally and falls sick sporadically. Ada can use her money for other important things like buying nutritious foods for herself and baby.
Ada has also become a health informant in her community and helps to tell other women about the benefit of such practices.

Sunil sells lemons in a village, Sohna Putr, only 20 kilometers from a prosperous colony in Noida, Uttar Pradesh. He sells his lemons for 10 rupees to a village aggregator, Imran, who drives more than 50 kilometers to go to a wholesale food market, where he sells it to Mahesh, a dollar millionaire, for rs. 25. Mahesh is a commission agent, who, like the 1,000 others in this market, will make a deal with Imran and then turn to many other aggregators. For now, Mahesh auctions the lemons to cart vendors for rs. 35. One of these vendors will sell to another vendor at a midpoint. Eventually, after traveling more than 100 kilometers, the lemons will arrive at the colony in Noida. They will sell for rs. 100.

This is a real story. With The Food Shop, I will buy directly from Sunil Kumar, initially in a small vehicle, and transport to the colony. Sunil will get at least 15 rupees for his work and monthly dividends with our producer cooperative model; the consumer will get a lemon that is higher quality, since it will have traveled less and stayed in a refrigerated environment. I have identified three villages within 20 kilometers of several prosperous colonies in Noida. A driver I have hired (a former farmer himself) will drive to these villages, which use healthy ag practices, and sell to consumers after they place orders by phone (later by website and mobile app, too). As scale increases, we will develop a cold storage inventory to keep excesses. An organic farm manager, Amod Singh, will also provide us with organic produce to sell to high-end consumers.

In partnership with Alberni Community and Women's Services, Bread of Life soup kitchen, Vancouver Island Health Authority, Jericho Church, City of Port Alberni, and North Island College, Literacy Alberni Society reaches a wide portion of the marginalized community in Port Alberni via its Nutritional Literacy cooking classes. A specific example of how this class is beneficial was seen this past year, during the pilot year of the program. During one class, 12 participants attended to learn how to make 'frying pan lasagna' - an efficient and nutritious meal, made from scratch, in only one pan on one burner. This was ideal for many of our learners who live in boarding houses, shelters, or hostels with no ovens or stoves (only toaster ovens or single hot plates). The meal itself was met with enthusiasm, and most participants had made more than enough, ensuring left-overs to be taken home after class was finished. The following week, a single mother reported that she had gone home and fed her family the lasagna. They liked it so much, that participant made it twice more that week - with the help of her kids - leading up to the next class. At the next class, she brought her children to learn, too.

The women are trained on how to use their mobile phones to accept payments and also to make payments.She is registered for mobile money, her phone number becomes her bank account, she can save money through her phone. she is trained on how to manage and grow her business if she has one and given a loan to fund her business. If she doesnt have a business she s trained on a vocational skill and given a loan through her mobile phone to start up.