Second Harvest Japan (2HJ) and Second Harvest Asia (2HA) shipped over 140 tons of food aid to the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) for redistribution to various feeding programs and NGOs in the Philippines. We thank our donors … Continued
By Yusuke Wada Recently, I received a report about Food Bank Yamanashi’s visit to St. Mary’s Food Bank Alliance (SFMBA) in Phoenix, Arizona in February 2012. In the report, they listed all the things they learned in Arizona, and they … Continued
Written by Yusuke Wada Technology makes many things possible in your life–You can connect to your friends and families far away very easily on facebook or Skype. In the nonprofit world, many organizations use database systems to keep track of … Continued
On April 3, 2012, Second Harvest Asia Chair Charles McJilton visited the Food Bank Korea in South Korea. The Korea National Council on Social Welfare (SSN) began food banking in January 1998 in response to the IMF crisis. They began … Continued
Food banking in the Philippines took an important step on March 27 with the formal incorporation of Salu-Salo: Food Bank Philippines at an inaugural dinner with Secretary Dinky Soliman of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), founding members, … Continued
On March 21, 2012, 2HA Chair Charles McJilton visited St. James Settlement’s People’s Food Bank in Hong Kong. People’s Food Bank has been serving the people in need in Hong Kong since 1997.Here is the report from Charles.People’s Food Bank … Continued
On Mar 21, Second Harvest Asia (2HA) Chair Charles McJilton visited a newly found food bank in Hong Kong, Feeding Hong Kong. Its founder, Gabrielle Kirstein, reached out to Global Foodbanking Network (GFN) in 2010 to get support for developing … Continued
Second Harvest Japan (2HJ) held the national food bank symposium in Tokyo on March 15, 2012. Second Harvest Asia (2HA) Executive Director Yusuke Wada attended the symposium and spoke about the history of Second Harvest Japan. The symposium was funded … Continued
On March 9 and 10, Second Harvest Asia (2HA) Executive Director Yusuke Wada visited the disaster area in Northern Japan. 2HA President and Second Harvest Japan (2HJ) CEO Charles McJilton ran a marathon of 227 kilometers from Ofunato in Iwate … Continued