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3/15/24, 11:15 AM UAE Food Bank launches initiative to distribute 5 million meals during Ramadan - Middle East News 247
Iftar with Workers initiative

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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