Food Angel

Food Angel aims to reduce food waste at source, alleviating hunger, relieving poverty, and educating the next generation. The idea of Food Angel originated from alleviating the pressure on landfills in Hong Kong. When the organization started to grow, it began addressing other food-related social problems like poverty.[2]

Food Angel works with 150 partners, as well as celebrities, to contribute to the betterment of Hong Kong society. It hopes that by large scale promotion, it can raise citizens’ attention to food wastage as well as the importance of food waste recycling. It aims to minimize food waste and build a society where people volunteer to give a hand to people in need. Food Angel's vision is to reduce food waste and ensure everyone in Hong Kong is fed three meals a day.

Food Angel rescues surplus food to relieve the landfill pressure in Hong Kong. Food Angel collects surplus food from suppliers, supermarkets, wet markets, and donation partners. Food Angel receives food donations, including fresh food, canned/non-perishable food, oils and seasoning, cooked foods, and frozen/chilled foods, to prepare meal boxes to then distribute to people in need.[3]

Besides distributing meal boxes at the centre, Food Angel also visits the elderly and delivers meal boxes to those who are disabled. Food Angel also provides elderly care workshops like literacy classes, Chinese opera, and Erhu performance. Food Angel receives support from more than 60 companies and organizations.[2]

Food Angel was set up in 2011, and has started several campaigns since.

News about Food Angel's activities has been in the media since 2012. For example, there was wide media coverage about the plan to give lunch boxes to the people in need by using food waste, which was introduced in 2015.[3] The three events of Canstruction Hong Kong appeared in newspapers, such as Apple daily, Oriental daily, Skypost.[4][5][6]

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