By Yusuke Wada, Executive Director I have been meeting with many Filipinos living in San Francisco Bay Area recently. I visited a university, a consulate, foundations, and individuals that have connections with the Philippines. Filipinos are known for contributing their … Continued
It took a while since we had launched Salu-Salo: Food Bank Philippines in March 2012, but the food bank finally got officially incorporated. Salu-Salo: Food Bank Philippines will be the epicenter of food bank development in the country. We are … Continued
Second Harvest Japan (2HJ) recently started using a QR-code scanning system for its food inventory management. 2HJ has been doing the inventory management on a database system, but inputting data had been done manually. 2HJ staffers kept track of records … Continued
Second Harvest Asia (2HA) has been working on a research project of food banking feasibility analysis in Manila. One goal of our feasibility study is to prepare the operational launch of Salu-Salo: Food bank Philippines, which we incorporated in March … Continued
Second Harvest Asia (2HA)’s Executive Director Yusuke Wada and Research Intern Yukiha Maruyama have been conducting research for the food bank feasibility analysis in Manila, the Philippines. On July 12, we visited Philippine Christian Foundation (PCF) in Tondo, one of … Continued
Second Harvest Asia (2HA)’s Executive Director Yusuke Wada and Research Intern Yukiha Maruyama have been conducting research for the food bank feasibility analysis in Manila, the Philippines. 2HA incorporated the Philippines’ first food bank, Salu-Salo: Food Bank Philippines, in March … Continued
Charles McJilton is happy to report that 20 people attended his lecture at Lakeland College in Tokyo. This means that $200 will contributed to Second Harvest Japan to send care packages to Tohoku. Job well done.Second Harvest Asia (2HA) is … Continued
In 2011, Second Harvest Asia (2HA) and Second Harvest Japan(2HJ) shipped containers of peach cans and soy meals to the Philippines. The Philippine Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) received the food donations and has been distributing them through … Continued
On June 2, NHK (Japan’s national public TV channel) aired a program about Second Harvest Japan’s efforts to salvage edible food that would otherwise go to waste. While Japan’s food self-sufficiency rate is only 39 percent, more than 30 percent … Continued
Recently in Japan, The Ministry of Agriculture, Fishery, and Forestry (MAFF) issued its 2011 White Paper and included an article about Second Harvest Japan (2HJ)’s disaster relief work in Tohoku (Northern Japan). While food banking in Japan started 12 years … Continued