Second Harvest Asia (2HA) coordinated a training session for Food Bank Yamanashi (FBY) from Japan at St. Mary’s Food Bank Alliance (SMFBA) in Phoenix, Arizona from February 1 to 10, 2012. We already reported about this visit, but recently FBY … Continued
President Cha of the Korea National Council on Social Welfare (SSN) visited Second Harvest Asia (2HA)’s sister organization, Second Harvest Japan (2HJ), on May 12. President Cha shared his experience of creating a food banking network in Korea and the … Continued
By Yusuke Wada Recently, one of my collegues at Second Harvest Japan (2HJ)wrote an article about food waste and food banking in Japan. She mentioned the one-third rule in her article. Being in the food-banking field, I often hear in … Continued
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