Food Bloggers Create A Recipe For Philanthropy In South Africa

Denis Farrell/AP/File Enlarge For many children in South Africa , a daily meal served in school is the only meal they will eat all day. In a country where 65 percentof children live in poverty and approximately 1.9 million of the countrys orphaned children have lost one or both parents as a result of HIV and AIDS, a generation of children have become heads of household, or are forced to strain modest government stipends allotted to their grandparents. At the end of the day, there are few resources left for food. Food Tank is a think tank focused on a feeding the world better. We conduct research and cultivate networks of people, organizations, and content to push for food system change. Recent posts RECOMMENDED: GMO, Organic, and seven other food labels you should know When children are hungry, they cant concentrate and their potential is stifled. Providing a daily meal at school encourages attendance and helps ensure that each child reaches their potential. The Lunchbox Fund, a South African NGO that fosters education through nutrition by providing a daily, nourishing meal to underserved schoolchildren, has stepped in to fill the gap left by the South African government, which can only provide school meals to 8 million of the countrys 12 million school-age children. By partnering with local organizations, recruiting grandmothers to cook and deliver meals, and monitoring attendance, The Lunchbox Fund is systematically working to help a generation of children lift themselves out of poverty and become nourished body and mind. In an effort to feed 100 schoolchildren a daily meal for one year, more than 100 food bloggers around the world launched a fundraising campaign today to support The Lunchbox Fund, and are aiming to raise US$5,000 to accomplish this. RECOMMENDED: Get your 2014 Emerging & Frontier Markets Forecast FREE. Feed South Africa was organized by The Giving Table, a website that mobilizes food bloggers to change the food system.
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