Food Angel
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| Chinese: 惜食堂 | |
| Formation | 2011 |
|---|---|
| Founder | Bo Charity Foundation |
| Purpose | Humanitarian |
| Headquarters | Hong Kong |
Region served | Kowloon and Hong Kong Island |
| Website | www |
Food Angel (Chinese: 惜食堂) is a Hong Kong–based food rescue organization. Food Angel was launched in 2011 by the Bo Charity Foundation. The organization is supported by local and international food donors, sponsors, and charity partners.
Located in Kowloon and Hong Kong Island, Food Angel has independent offices, kitchens, and a community center. The program rescues approximately 35 tonnes of edible surplus food from the industry, and renders this material into some 10,000 meal boxes and 2,000 food packs which it distributes to the underprivileged.[clarification needed][1][2]
Food Angel claims to have the goals of reducing food waste at source, alleviating hunger, relieving poverty, and educating the next generation. The idea of Food Angel originated from the pressure on landfills in Hong Kong. When the organization started to grow, it began addressing other food-related social problems, such as poverty. [3]
Food Angel works with 150 partners. The goal of the organization is to minimize food waste and to encourage volunteers to give a hand to people in need.[citation needed]