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3/18/24, 9:31 AM UAE Food Bank launches initiative to distribute 5 million meals during Ramadan | MENAFN.COM
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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