Warm meal: Foodbank Vietnam helps distribute food to those in need. Viet Nam News Mai Phương HÀ NỘI – With more than 15 years volunteering for charity projects, Nguyễn Tuấn Khởi, 34, from HCM City, said he has witnessed hunger first-hand. However, during many trips across Việt Nam, he also found so much food being wasted every day in the country. “The idea providing food, which might otherwise be wasted, to those who really need it, inspired me to set up a project helping improve the living conditions of many hungry people,” said Khởi. From this desire, the non-profit Foodbank Vietnam was born. With the support of the government-sponsored Vietnam Red Cross (VCRC), Foodbank Vietnam debuted earlier this year with a pledge to reduce poverty; raise social awareness about saving food; as well as boost connections and coordination between food suppliers and resource centres with charity shelters and organisations for poor and disadvantaged people, project founder Khởi explained to Việt Nam News. After just seven months, the project based on Nơ Trang Long Street, in HCM City’s Bình Thạnh District, has donated food to 10 charity shelters in the city. “More than 5,000 meals are provided each month to 10 places sheltering the homeless, many of them children. We have gradually collected the food from five suppliers in HCM City,” according to Khởi. The project’s slogan is “For a sharing Việt Nam”, and it leans on the support of more than 100 volunteers. The aim is not just to distribute… [Read full story]
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