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3/18/24, 9:29 AM UAE Food Bank launches initiative to distribute 5 million meals during Ramadan | UAE News 24/7
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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