For registration, please email foodbanking@fasttrackagency.com. Co-organised by Second Harvest Asia and the Hong Kong Council of Social Service, this public forum will discuss how the how food banking addresses hunger, the challenges of providing humanitarian assistance, and how corruption can … Continued
We are hosting a workshop for food banks in the region to meet, share best practices and talk about future cooperation in the region. We are excited about this opportunity to have food bank representatives from Singapore, Malaysia, the Philippines, … Continued
We recently came across a TED talk video by Tristram Stuart about food waste. This is a great video. Please check it out if you haven’t yet. According to Stuart’s websites, 20 million tons of food is wasted in the … Continued
PartnershipsIt has been over two years since Secretary Dinky Soliman took over at DSWD (Department of Social Welfare & Development). I had the good fortune of meeting her through our current staff in Manila, Cris Bonoan, on a visit in … Continued
Second Harvest Asia visited South Korea on September 7, 2012 to celebrate the 60thanniversary of the founding of the Korea National Council on Social Welfare (SSN). This organization was established in 1952 to care for orphans from the Korean War. … Continued
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