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The UAE Food Bank is organizing an initiative focused on providing iftar meals to over 2,000
workers in Dubai. The primary goal of this initiative is to foster community solidarity and

acknowledge the invaluable contributions of workers.

The Cook of Thousand Meals initiative

The UAE Food Bank is set to organize ‘Cook of Thousand Meals’ competition, an event convening

aspiring chefs to cook and distribute 4,000 meals daily over five days during the holy month of

Ramadan in the UAE. This collaborative initiative is being organized in partnership with Taya
Production.

Furthermore, the bank will collaborate with 200 donors from fruit and vegetable markets,

commercial enterprises, and wholesale markets to redistribute surplus food and prepare meals
adhering to high-quality standards for the well-being of workers, with a goal to provide up to two

million meals. Additionally, any surplus cooked meals from local restaurants and hotels will also

be distributed.

‘No for Wasting Food’ initiative

The UAE Food Bank's ‘Food Rescue’ initiative strives to recycle unsuitable food for human

consumption, diverting it from landfills and transforming it into fertilizers. This will be
implemented in cooperation with the National Food Loss and Waste initiative ‘Neama’ and

partnership with the private sector. The initiative aims to recycle 1.5 million meals of surplus food
and turn it into fertilizer that will be distributed to farmers in the Hatta region.

Since its inception in 2017, the UAE Food Bank has successfully distributed meals to over 35
million beneficiaries, both locally and globally. In the past year alone, its initiatives and campaigns

reached over 18 million and 617,000 beneficiaries worldwide, implementing more than 105
awareness programs with about 9,843 participants.

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