On Friday 31st March, 2023, Lagos Food Bank Initiative will be partnering with Bristow Uplift to reach out to food-insecure families living in low cost communities in Lagos State with food items and other relief materials through the Temporary Food Assistance Program (TEFAP).

Lagos Food Bank focuses on making healthy and nutritious meals available for all and to ensure that every beneficiary has access to food. Lagos Food Bank has been delivering hope to the under-served communities for 7 years, and this outreach will further the attainment of SDG 2: zero hunger

The donated food items will last a family of 4/5 for about 2-4 weeks, thus reducing food insecurity and ensuring proper nutrition in vulnerable households.

ABOUT OUR PARTNER:

Bristow is the world’s leading provider of helicopter transportation to energy customers, search and rescue (SAR) and aircraft support solutions to government and civil organizations. Bristow offers the latest training and safety standards and includes a fleet of the industry’s most modern aircraft, targeting the growing demand for reliable, integrated aviation solutions with over six decades of aviation solutions crossing the globe. Bristow Uplift seek to elevate people and to achieve a safer and more productive world.

GOAL:

The goal of this outreach is to provide access to healthy and nutritious meals to households living in low- cost communities in Lagos State, Nigeria, and to reduce the impact of hunger created through poverty.

OBJECTIVES:

  • To promote healthy living among the residents in the under-served communities through food donation.
  • To encourage proper feeding habits and reduce the crime rate and health conditions caused by food insufficiency.
  • To improve the overall quality of life of the residents of low-cost communities by donating healthy food and other relief materials.

DATE: 31 st March 2023.

BENEFICIARIES: Food – insecure households in low-cost communities in Lagos State.

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