The UAE Food Bank has launched a massive food campaign this Ramadan. The ‘Bank of Goodness in the Month of Giving’ campaign aims to provide eight million meals by redistributing surplus food to beneficiaries in the UAE and abroad.
The campaign includes five main initiatives:
Charity Fridge: Replaces refrigerators in residential neighbourhoods, enabling individuals and organisations to donate surplus food from Iftar and Suhoor meals in an organised and safe manner.
My Home Without Waste: Creates awareness about food preservation within households, encouraging homemakers and working women to adopt smart and sustainable methods for storing and reusing daily food, thereby reducing waste.
Meer Al Khair: Supports families in need during Ramadan by providing integrated food parcels containing essential items.
Zabeel Iftar: A collective Iftar for workers, held at Zabeel Park. The initiative embodies compassion and community solidarity during the Holy Month by providing complete meals in a humanitarian environment
Recycle, Re-life: Aims to promote sustainability and social responsibility by managing surplus food in an organised fashion. The Bank will collect surplus food from hotels, redistribute edible meals to beneficiaries. Non-edible food is converted into organic agricultural compost in coordination with the ReLoop application by Ecyclex.
The campaign reaffirms the UAE Food Bank’s commitment to strengthening local and global strategic partnerships, enhancing community awareness around food preservation.