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3/15/24, 11:13 AM UAE Food Bank launches initiative to distribute 5 million meals during Ramadan - mid-east.info
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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