The Emirates Food Bank organizes a collective humanitarian breakfast for more than 5,000 workers under the directives of Sheikha Hind

Under the directives of the wife of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, “may God protect him”, Her Highness Sheikha Hind bint Maktoum bin Juma Al Maktoum, Supreme Chairwoman of the Emirates Food Bank Foundation; Affiliated with the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Initiatives Foundation – which specializes in managing surplus food and food, reducing its waste, and distributing and delivering it to beneficiaries around the world, the “Cooking of a Thousand” program yesterday organized a collective humanitarian iftar, which is one of the five initiatives that operate during the month of Ramadan under the umbrella of the Bank. Emirates Food, in Zabeel Park, where breakfast meals were served to more than 5,000 workers of different nationalities, and a large segment of society, including citizens and residents, participated in preparing and processing them.

The collective humanitarian breakfast within the “A Thousand Cooking” program joins the UAE Food Bank’s group of initiatives aimed at providing nutritional meals to beneficiaries, in addition to sub-initiatives and campaigns, which include; The “Your Breakfast is on Us” campaign, the “No Food Waste” initiative, the “Food Baskets” initiative, and “Iftar with Workers,” in addition to more than 25 awareness programs. These initiatives are implemented with the support of the strategic partners and supporters of the bank’s initiatives and campaigns, which number more than 350 partners. Strategically located in food establishments, hotels and companies.

Active participation

Manal Bin Yarouf, head of the executive team at the Emirates Food Bank, said that the collective humanitarian breakfast emerged from the “The Thousand Cooking” program, one of the Emirates Food Bank’s initiatives during the month of Ramadan, which translates and embodies the vision and goals of the bank, which are based on encouraging the community to actively participate in such initiatives. In addition to encouraging generous contributions to their completion, which seeks to provide meals and food baskets to various societal groups.

She pointed out that the “One Thousand Cooks” program is based on competition between an elite group of chefs from different nationalities, to prepare a thousand meals a day for each chef, as the main idea of ​​the program revolves around competition in preparing good meals, while maintaining security and safety standards without any waste and high safety controls to achieve the goals and aspirations of the Food Bank, instilling the values ​​of competition in doing good and volunteering in community service, pointing out that in addition to supporting chefs and volunteers, a group of food companies and companies specialized in preparing kitchens provide the necessary tools and materials, so that these companies are an active contributor to the success of This program, which is carried out under the direct supervision of Dubai Municipality, is concerned with food safety through monitoring the standards used by the Emirates Food Bank in all steps of receiving, transporting, storing and distributing food.

high demand

For his part, Ibrahim Ali Khadem, Director of the Thousand Cooking Program, said that the initiative witnessed a great turnout from the chefs who volunteered to prepare thousands of meals over the past days, from citizens and residents, and who embodied, with their giving, the finest values ​​of community cohesion and responsibility in contributing to the success of the initiatives launched into the community. Pointing out that the program has distributed more than 24,000, and it is expected that the number of meals prepared and distributed before the end of the holy month of Ramadan will exceed 30,000 meals within the Thousand Cooking Program, one of the UAE Food Bank’s initiatives in the month of Ramadan, which together aims to provide more than 5 million. Iftar and suhoor meal.

He explained that the initiative was characterized by the great participation of various members of society, who were keen to be present continuously to volunteer and provide assistance and assistance in preparing and distributing meals, pointing out that the number of volunteers doubled within a few days of the launch of the initiative, which contributes to providing breakfast meals to the largest segments of society. There is a need for a humanitarian gesture that reflects the community cohesion, cohesion, and tolerance that characterize society in the UAE.