Transcript Reasons for Despair and Hope

Enhanced Private-Public
Alignment to Reduce
World Hunger
How to Increase Private
Sector Participation
Hunger is a Blight on Our Humanity
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Hunger is morally unjustifiable -
bad for people and communities
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bad for business
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bad for peace
Yet --- 852,000,000 people world wide are
faced with hunger
Can we agree on the focus of our work?
What is the Focus of Our Work?
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Is it a problem of supply or access?
Does it require an immediate or long term
solution?
Who’s Problem is it Anyway?
The Need
for A Coordinated Global Food Banking Effort
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Increasing rates of hunger (developed and
developing countries)
Growing unacceptable waste of food (post-harvest
crop loss, surplus, other)
Hundreds of thousands of independently operated
hunger-fighting agencies / NGOs
Too little professionalism in sourcing and
distributing food
Too few vetted, community or national global
hunger voices
Private and public sector anti-hunger resources
not adequately aligned
The Opportunity
for A Coordinated Global Food Banking Effort
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Global food surplus – issue is access, not supply
World smaller, grocery products companies
growing larger
Proven solutions exist
People, businesses, foundations and governments
believe and trust private donors and volunteers.
Increased willingness to share (GFN’s basis for
existence)
Climate for success is better than in many years
Private Sector Role of Food
Banks: A Role Defined by…
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Need to bring the voice and work of hunger
agencies together to create authority and
leverage
Need to create an efficient network of aligned
agencies to increase awareness, public policy
and the amount of available food
Need to achieve a balance of the commercial
food distribution model with the food sourcing
model
Need to create self-sufficiency
Private Sector Response
Private
Resources
…Are there
enough resources
and at what cost?
Social Service
Agency
Clients Served
…Are those in
need being
served and at
what cost?
Build a Food Bank
Community
Resources
Community
Private
Resources
Community
Food Bank
Social Service
Agencies
Clients
Served
Build a Food Bank
Community
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Community
Private
Resources
Community
Food Bank
Social Service
Agencies
New Social
Service
Agencies
Clients
Served
Build a National Network of Food
Banks
National
Resources
National
Food Bank
Network
New
Community
Food Banks
Community
Food Banks
New Social
Service
Agencies
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Community
Resources
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Agencies
Clients
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Benefits of Global FoodBanking Network
Global
Resources
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National
Resources
Global
Food Bank
Networks
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Food Bank
Networks
Global
National
Community
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National
Community
Private
Resources
Community
Food Banks
Social
Service
Agencies
New
Community
Food Banks
New Social
Service
Agency
Clients
Served
Benefits of Global FoodBanking Network
Global
Resources
Global
National
Resources
Global
Food Bank
Networks
National
Food Bank
Networks
Global
National
Community
Resources
Global
National
Community
Private
Resources
Community
Food Banks
Social
Service
Agencies
New
National
Networks
New
Community
Food Banks
New Social
Service
Agency
Clients
Served
THE GFN MISSION & VISION
The Global FoodBanking Network (GFN) works
collaboratively to reduce world hunger by
securing more food and enhancing the ability
to efficiently distribute food through food
banks and food bank networks around the
globe.
Our vision is a world without hunger. Our belief
is that food banking is an essential part of the
solution.
GFN Support for Food Bank Development
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Align Feeding Organizations and Supporters
Assess Needs and Food Sourcing Opportunities
Identify and develop sponsoring organizations
Business plan & strategic plan development
Capacity development
Food Sourcing Capacity Development , representing FB
and FB networks to global grocery product leaders
Implementation and Operational Support
Network Development and Alignment , best practices,
shared expertise and partnerships
GFN Monitoring and On-Going Member Support Services
GFN Founding Members
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America’s Second Harvest
Canadian Association of Food Banks
Mexican Association of Food Bank
Argentine Association of Food Bank
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largest private hunger fighting network in
the world, delivering 2.6 billion pounds of
food to assist more than 32 million people
annually.
Sourcing food from
small farmers
Feeding
school
children in
Ghana
We Can Do Better
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Today, there are approximately 1,000 food banks
worldwide that distribute more than 3.5 billion
pounds annually
Members of GFN: 70% of food banks and 85% of all
food
The average food bank assists 40,000 people,
providing approximately 75 pounds to each person
per year
But we reach less than 50 million of the 852 million
hungry people
Clearly we need to expand the reach and create
more food banks
Any comments, questions?