Dubai: Kickstarting the World Food Day, Dubai Municipality launched the second branch of the UAE Food Bank on Monday.
Hussain Nasser Lootah, director general of Dubai Municipality, inaugurated the Food Bank branch located next to the Canadian University in Al Bada district.
Lootah also signed agreements with 16 entities — including food businesses and charity groups which will be associated with the Food Bank.
UAE Food Bank is pleased to invite you to participate in the #No_Food_Waste Campaign
— بلدية دبي (@DMunicipality) October 15, 2017
On Monday 16/10/2017 @ 6:00 pm. At the #UAE_Food_Bank in Al Quoz pic.twitter.com/hsrrQzEWbp
The civic body had opened the first branch of the UAE Food Bank in Al Quoz in April.
An initiative launched by His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, the UAE Food Bank aims to cut food wastage and feed the needy by donating surplus from food businesses to the disadvantaged members of the society through approved charity groups.
قم بتنظيم المواد الغذائية وترتيبها في الثلاجة، واستهلاك الأطعمة التي تم حفظها سابقاً ثم الأحدث #لا_لهدر_الغذاء
— بلدية دبي (@DMunicipality) October 16, 2017
When you store food in refrigerator, push the old foods to the front and use the first#ZeroFoodWaste pic.twitter.com/VXNuOYVxX5
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