2015年CRI NGO Helps Fight Hunger in Hong Kong

 

Founded in 2009, Feeding Hong Kong collects surplus quality food from manufacturers, growers, processors, distributors and retailers¹ every day and delivers it to a network of partner charities.

Now they are able to provide over 72,000 meals per month to 60 charities.

Richard Lord is a director of the organization. "There is a lot of good food that goes to waste, but at the same time, about 18 percent of people in Hong Kong don't enjoy what we call 'food security', they are not guaranteed three meals a day. Many of the retailers and distributors in Hong Kong will remove their products from shelves a number of days before 'used by date' or 'best by date', so a lot of that food has a period of which is still usable from the time that leaves supermarket and gets into our warehouse²."

Richard Lord says they are also doing food safety education and giving food handling guidelines to make sure the food is of good quality and nutritious³.

As an NGO, the operation of Feeding Hong Kong depends heavily on the participation⁴ of volunteers. Jarodine Chan is one of them.

"We are based in the Yau Tong warehouse, where we wait for all the volunteers to collect the baked goods at the end of a trading day. We are there to make sure the records being kept properly, so that bread are collected away to make sure, we know which type of bread is separated so they are donated to charities and meet their requirements, for example, some require no sugar. "

Candy Choi works at Hong Fook Church, which helps to deliver food to the less privileged families in the community. She says she is very thankful for what Feeding Hong Kong has been doing.

"I remember very clearly that we only got canned food at first, but now, they provide us many different kinds of food and snacks. Dozens of families have been benefited, and they are grateful, because otherwise, they don't have money to buy snacks or try something special."

After five years of development and expansion, Feeding Hong Kong now has received wide support from companies and the society. It is a member of the Global Food Banking⁵ Network, an international organization committed to reducing food waste and fight against poverty worldwide.

For CRI, this is Li Jing in Hong Kong. 

1 retailers   

零售商，零售店( retailer的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• High street retailers reported a marked increase in sales before Christmas. 商业街的零售商报告说圣诞节前销售量显著提高。
• Retailers have a statutory duty to provide goods suitable for their purpose. 零售商有为他们提供符合要求的货品的法定义务。

2 warehouse   

n.仓库；vt.存入仓库

参考例句：

• We freighted the goods to the warehouse by truck.我们用卡车把货物运到仓库。
• The manager wants to clear off the old stocks in the warehouse.经理想把仓库里积压的存货处理掉。

3 nutritious   

adj.有营养的，营养价值高的

参考例句：

• Fresh vegetables are very nutritious.新鲜蔬菜富于营养。
• Hummingbirds have discovered that nectar and pollen are very nutritious.蜂鸟发现花蜜和花粉是很有营养的。

4 participation   

n.参与，参加，分享

参考例句：

• Some of the magic tricks called for audience participation.有些魔术要求有观众的参与。
• The scheme aims to encourage increased participation in sporting activities.这个方案旨在鼓励大众更多地参与体育活动。

5 banking   

n.银行业，银行学，金融业

参考例句：

• John is launching his son on a career in banking.约翰打算让儿子在银行界谋一个新职位。
• He possesses an extensive knowledge of banking.他具有广博的银行业务知识。