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
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)’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
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
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