1.6.24. 8pm IST
FOOD BANK FOR THE POOR SANGOLDA collects for the month of MAY 24 , from 6 factories @ Verna Industrial Estate, 5000 kgs to feed 15000 meals.
For the 2nd month in running we are collecting excess canteen food from these 6 big companies which has been made possible due to the Support of INSPECTORATE OF FACTORIES AND BOILERS, Government of Goa, Altinho GOA.
We are adding another 3 more factories in the month of June 24 from Verna Industrial Estate so overall the monthly collection of food from these 9 factories should be 7000 kgs.
And Verna industrial Estate has more than 50 big factories who we are yet to approach, so one can imagine the quantity of cooked food in this industrial Estate daily reaching the bins.
Overall for the month of May 24 we collected excess food to feed the poor from :
》Verna industrial Estate : 5000 kgs
》Kundanim industrial Estate : 1000 kgs
》Our food bank fridges : 2000 kgs
All this food if not channelised to our food bank would have reached the bins and gone waste.
We have teams feeding in :
☆ Vasco city
☆ Margao city
☆ Chimbel
☆ Old Goa
☆ Plus inmates in our homes get free cooked meals 3 times a day.
Alot of poor families suffering from disabilities depend on this food And I am thankful to so many feeders who have come forward to feed the poor in their areas.
People usually feel food banks only feed the migrants.
Well as we learnt in School ” all Indians are our brothers and sisters ” so yes we don't discrimate while feeding the hungry.
Just image all this 8000 kgs going to the bins & the recycling plants.
Why waste it ?
Hunger and homelessness knows no caste, creed or belief.
Food banks are the need of the hour as inflation & price rise is something taking a toll on the poor
With so much of good Cooked food in Goa being wasted daily, we at Food Bank Sangolda for the last 7 years, are doing the little we can to feed the poor as well as save the environment .
Without the support from the management of the above companies as well as Chief Inspector of Factories and Boilers, this unique project of collecting excess food from factories would not be a reality.
Mid April 24 , we acquired a frozen food truck which has a capacity to carry 2000 kgs of food.
We are working towards feeding as many as we can as well as saving the environment from wet waste.
It's not an easy service running such a big food bank as many small issues are to be kept track off continous and daily.
But the joy we get is when we see that the hungry go happy with the food we provide to them through our feeders and we are also playing a small part in saving the environment.
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God bless you all
Donald Fernandes
8380097564 / 7020314848