About Food & Hunger
Past Projects
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The Boon FundThe Boon Fund was created in 2012 by Aquaint Property Ltd (formerly Azea Property Investment), in collaboration with ONE (SINGAPORE), to honour the memory of Wong Heng Boon. -
A Glass of Milk a DayCare & Share, a community based nonprofit operating in the slums of Vijayawada in Andhra Pradesh, India, characterizes its humanitarian work as a ‘drop in the ocean’ of poverty and destitution. -
Room to GrowSome 150,000 people – mainly from minority ethnic groups fleeing repression and human rights violations at the hands of the Myanmar government – live in refugee camps along the Thai – Burmese border. Malnutrition among the children here is a serious issue. -
Fika Swedish Café & BistroHave lunch at Fika Swedish Café and Bistro
and help out a family-in-need! -
The Cuff Road ProjectMigrant workers come to Singapore to escape poverty in their own countries, but upon arrival many find themselves in dire straits – without work and a place to live. Some have been cheated by rogue employment agents and scammed by companies,
Reference & Resources
SINGAPORE
- Stop Human Trafficking!
- Poverty No More (Season 2) – Additional Resources
- Poverty No More (Season 1) – Additional Resources
25Estimation derived from (2012). Key Household Income Trends. Singapore: Department of Statistics Singapore. Retrieved from Singaporeans Against Poverty: sgagainstpoverty.org
26Zengkun, F. (14 Jul, 2011). 1 in 3 elderly Singaporeans not eating right. Retrieved from The Straits TImes: http://www.healthxchange.com.sg/News/Pages/Elderly-Singaporeans-not-eating-right.aspx
27Ibid
28The Need for Food Banking in Singapore. (n.d.). Retrieved from The Food Bank Singapore: http://foodbank.sg/index.php/banking-differently/the-need-for-food-banking-in-singapore
GLOBAL
20Zero Hunger. (n.d.). Retrieved from ONE: https://www.one.org/international/globalgoals/zero-hunger
21Goal 2: Zero Hunger. (n.d.). Retrieved from United Nations Development Programme: http://www.undp.org/content/undp/en/home/sdgoverview/post-2015-development-agenda/goal-2.html
22Hunger & Nutrition. (n.d.). Retrieved from The Life You Can Save: http://www.thelifeyoucansave.org/Causes/Hunger-and-Nutrition
23Goal 2: Zero Hunger. (n.d.). Retrieved from United Nations Development Programme: http://www.undp.org/content/undp/en/home/sdgoverview/post-2015-development-agenda/goal-2.html
24Goal 12: Responsible consumption, production. (n.d.). Retrieved from United Nations Development Programme: http://www.undp.org/content/undp/en/home/sdgoverview/post-2015-development-agenda/goal-12.html