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IFTAR WITH WORKERS INITIATIVE
The UAE Food Bank is organising 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 programmes with about 9,843 participants.

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