By Our Reporter
16th of October is World Food Day – an annual day of action against hunger. Every year on that day, people around the world come together for a common cause: to contribute to the eradication of hunger. It all began in 1945 in Quebec with the creation of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) to raise awareness and engage people in the fight against hunger.
Based on FAO’s research, 805 million people, one in nine worldwide, live with chronic hunger. 60% of these are women, while almost 5 million children under the age of 5 die of malnutrition-related causes every year. In honor of this day, food ordering app Hellofood has launched a week long campaign dubbed ‘You Say. We Give’.
“From the 16th to the 22nd of October, we will be collecting our customers’ wishes. One can choose between 5 stock food items (rice, beans, flour, sugar and maize) simply by commenting on our Facebook post. The company will donate 1kg of that on the company’s behalf to the Elohim Child Development Center. If the post is shared, hellofood will double the donation. So, the more people speak, the more Hellofood gives. We are asking Ugandans to join the global movement to end one of the most persistent universal challenges, be part of the solution and make a tangible difference,
