Woolies Employees Volunteer To Bolster Food Security For World Food Day
Author: Woolworths
Woolworths employees from stores across the country volunteered at the retailer’s food security NGO partners and to enhance the various projects’ food security and income generation for the local communities.
In commemoration of this year’s World Food Day, its a call to action for sustainable food systems worldwide.
This year’s World Food Day theme is to ‘Water is life, water is food. Leave no one behind, ’emphasises the urgency of wise water use and calls for all of us to go out into our communities to help build a sustainable world for everyone and everywhere to ensure regular access to enough nutritious food. A #zerohunger world by 2030. Woolworths aligns itself with the UN Food and Agricultural mandate to ‘Leave No One Behind’ and is a long-standing advocate for eradicating hunger in South Africa. Over the past year, the retailer has allocated R 5.6 million in donations to organisations that improve food security in their community and has donated 11,325 tonnes of surplus food to 890 charities nationwide directly from its stores.
Zinzi Mgolodela, Woolworths Corporate Affairs Director affirmed.” For many years, Woolworths has been steadfast in its commitment to making a positive and sustainable impact on alleviating hunger in South Africa. We firmly believe that food security and access to food are fundamental human rights. Our ongoing support to improve food security underscores our dedication to enabling communities across South Africa to thrive and become self-reliant in their food production efforts."
By joining hands to commemorate World Food Day, Woolworths employees exemplify the collective effort needed to foster food security and sustainable livelihoods in communities that need it most. Together, they are making strides towards a #zerohunger world by 2030, embodying the spirit of compassion and empowerment that lies at the heart of this global movement.
Woolies employees from Shelley Beach and Scottburgh stores recently volunteered at Thanda in commemoration of World Food Day.
Woolies employees from Kroonstad and Goldfields stores volunteered at INMED South Africa’s Kroonstad project.
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