During a press event at Green Pastures in BGC, AAH announced initiatives that will encourage the public to help them reach more children with lifesaving treatment while developing long-term solutions to stop them from becoming malnourished in the first place.
An estimated 33.4% or 4 Million Filipino children under 5 years old are malnourished according to the latest survey conducted by the Food and Nutrition Research Institute of the Department of Science and Technology. Love Food Give Food helps make food good in more ways than one. food kiosks, bakeries, cafés, carinderias, and even home-based online food vendors,” said Fundraising and Resource Development Manager Dale Nelson Divinagracia.
Customers can help by patronizing the participating food establishments and purchasing the charity dishes within the Love Food Give Food campaign period of October 1 to December 1, 2019. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that 50% of child undernutrition cases are due to repeated diarrhea and intestinal infections caused by poor sanitation and hygiene conditions and lack of access to clean water. added Divinagracia.
As of writing, the establishments that have confirmed their participation are: Alba, Baker & Cook, Buffalo Wild Wings, Bulgogi Brothers, Café Mediterranean, Chef Laudico OK Café, Chelsea Kitchen, Chotto Matte, The Coconut Club, Corner Tree Café, Cyma, D’ Doux Cafe & Patisserie, D’Kada Cafe & Bistro, Denny’s, Fish & Co., Friends & Family, Gallery by Chele, Green Pastures, Holy Grill, Italianni’s, Izakaya Sensu, Kabila, Kats Happy Food, Krazy Garlic, La Petite Fromagerie, The Lost Bread, Modern Shanghai, Mom & Tina’s Bakery Café Providore, Plank, Saboten, Sunkissed Café, Terraz, Texas Roadhouse, TGIFridays, and Village Tavern.
Another campaign under Love Food Give Food is the ₱100 for 5 Challenge. Our Love Food Give Food ambassadors, chefs Rolando and Jac Laudico of Chef Laudico Guevarra’s an OK Café were game from the onset. The submitted recipes will be shared with our beneficiaries during the health, hygiene, and sanitation promotion sessions that we conduct in all our projects,” Divinagracia appealed.
Chef Rolando Laudico of Chef Laudico Guevarra’s/OK Café – Tinola Arroz Caldo with Malunggay Pesto.
Chef Jac Laudico of Chef Laudico Guevarra’s/OK Café – Fish Soup with Kamote Fruit and Leaves and White Rice.
Chef Chele Gonzalez and Chef Carlos Villaflor of Gallery by Chele – Chicken Tinola with Fideua.
Chef Robby Goco of Cyma/Green Pastures/Souv – Kare-kare Rice with Binagoongang Tokwa.
Love Food Give Food is supported by campaign ambassadors Chefs Rolando and Jacqueline Laudico, as well as Chef Chele Gonzalez, Chef Carlos Villaflor, and Chef Robby Goco.
What is the ₱100 for 5 Challenge?
According to the 2015 Family Income and Expenditure Survey of the Philippine Statistics Authority, the average family monthly income is estimated at P22,000, and 41.5% of it is spent on food. The submitted recipes will be shared with our beneficiaries during the health, hygiene, and sanitation promotion sessions that we conduct in all our projects.
Since 2016, Love Food Give Food has united people with a love of food to be part of the movement to end hunger. Love Food Give Food helps make food good in more ways than one.
Love Food Give Food is not limited to restaurants, we hope to get the support of all types of food establishments; The amount of donation per item is dependent on the food establishment.
All they have to do is go to www.lovefoodgivefoodphilippines.org, click the “join now” button, input their details, and they’re now part of the movement against hunger. We will support the food establishments by providing all marketing materials needed for the campaign: posters, table cards, menu stickers, and information notes for the staff.
With the help of our 2019 donors, namely the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID), European Union Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid (ECHO), Kindernothilfe (KNH), START FUND, United Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and through our private fundraising activities like Race Against Hunger and Love Food Give Food. Until this day, he still worries and fears for that time that they would be forced to evacuate again due to another conflict.
