Rome Fundraising Event to Benefit Food for Life Global

FFL News, world hunger - December 29, 2018

International director of Food for Life Global recently flew to Rome to give a presentation at an exclusive showroom in downtown Rome to local business people about the work and mission of Food for Life Global. The event was coordinated by Gita Devi, gurukul alumni, and skincare specialist who is a fundraising ambassador for the charity and was held inside of Chateau d’Ax furniture showroom on Via Gregorio vii and the vegan dinner was catered by the local Hare Krishna restaurant, La Bibliothe Roma. Antonio Acone, the owner of Crudi SI, helped plan the event and arranged for the location. He also arranged for the appetizers prepared by Bottega Sana, Rome Ristorante, Pizzeria, Caffe P.za Cavour Roma Camillo B. provided the chaffing dishes to keep the food warm Marcia Marcia Sedoc, the president of Associazione Fajaloby and a well-known pageant host and humanitarian arranged for the music and raffle. Rosanna Cippolla Singer/Songwriter entertained everyone with her angelic voice and piano. The Radio personality, Dylan from Dimensione Suono Soft was in attendance and praised the event. Radio Godot did a nationally broadcast interview with Marcia Marcia Sedoc about the event and FFL. Lena Shylo was the Photographer Craig Peterson, Chiropratica Universale offered a free chiropractic evaluation to all who paid full ticket price as well as an evaluation with 10 adjustments at the silent auction Simona Primavera of Spring Touch donated two 1-hour Kobido couples facial treatments and rejuvenating facial treatments. Rama Caceres offered distance reiki healing sessions with chakra balancing for the silent auction. Guests heard about the work of Food for Life Global and their mission to provide a practical solution to world hunger. Turner also introduced a new project that Food for Life Global is partnering with called feedOM, which is introducing the Output Measurable Guarantee (OMG), a sponsorship opportunity for socially responsible companies to […]

Food for Life Donetsk Christmas Gifting

FFL News, world hunger - December 27, 2018

Food for Life Donetsk in Ukraine is not only one of the most effective food relief projects in all of Europe, serving thousands of meals weekly, they decided to go the extra mile and gift their recipients with Christmas gift bags. To learn more about Food for Life Donetsk, visit their Facebook page Over 500,000 hot meals served to conflict victims in Ukraine

Food for Life to Sponsor Reggae Vegan Festival

FFL News, Get Involved, world hunger - bob linden, go vegan radio, reggae, vegan, vegfest - November 12, 2018

Food for Life Global the headquarters for the world’s largest network of vegan food relief projects and feedOM, the kindness giving network is partnering with Go Vegan Radio to put on a Vegan Reggae Festival with features artists as Pato Banton, Cali Conscious, Kyng Arthur, Lamour, the Mystik Band and Empress Akua. Every ticket purchased will feed 10 needy children via the feedOM mobile app that is managing the Output Measurable Guarantee (OMG), a social enterprise that facilitates socially-responsible companies in making a measurable social impact. “We are immensely proud to partner with Go Vegan Radio and be part of this unique event but more importantly, we are super excited to launch the new feedOM mobile app where festival goers can not only feed 10 children just by attending but can feed an additional 5 children just by downloading the free app from the Apple Store or Google Play,” said Paul Rodney Turner, the director and founders of both projects. SUNDAY, DEC. 16TH 12 NOON – 8 PM at the GARDEN GROVE AMPHITHEATER, 12762 MAIN ST., GARDEN GROVE, CA 92840 Bob Linden, the host of the Go Vegan Radio show and organizer of the event, said, “Not even Santa can feed 20,000 hungry kids this holiday season. YOU can! Just buy tickets and help us reach that goal! Every ticket feeds 10 nutritious vegan meals to hungry children via FeedOm and Food for Life Global We also invite you to bring non-perishable vegan food that we will collect for donation to the local food bank.” For a limited time only, the first 500 tickets sold are discounted to only $20. Help us bring joy to the world through reggae, community, delicious vegan food! “One Love, All Species!”

Feed the World Week 2018

FFL News, Food yoga, Get Involved, world hunger - Equality, feed the world week, Food for Life, unity, vegan - October 14, 2018

For the last 22 years, Food for Life Global has promoted and hosted Feed the World Week, inspired by the words of A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada who once said, “Invite the world, we can feed them.” The event was kickstarted during the 100th anniversary birthday of Prabhupada as a one-day event and it continued on to this day as a weekly event. During this week, Food for Life projects and supporters of Food for Life Global will do their best to extend their hospitality as much as possible to make sure that no one in their immediate vicinity goes hungry. Prabhupada is the inspiration behind the Food for Life project, for it was his desire that no one go hungry and that “everyone should get a chance to get prasadam…” Prasadam is a Sanskrit word that literally means mercy and specifically refers to plant-based food that has been offered in devotion to Krishna. At Food for Life Global, we make it a rule that our affiliate projects only serve prasadam to the public thus uniquely distinguishing our feeding program from the thousands of others in that we intentionally try to make our meals nourishing for the body, mind, and soul. Feed the World Week is as much about feeding as many people as possible as it is about sharing a message of unity. Food is the great uniter of all peoples and when food is prepared with a loving intention, offered in devotion and served indiscriminately it has the power to unite the world. This message of unity is perfectly explained and couriered in the food yoga tradition. The word yoga essentially means to unite and therefore food yoga is the art and science of using food as the medium to create a sense of unity among all living beings. To […]

Rescued Food for Street Meals Program

FFL News, Volunteer, world hunger - Europe, FFL Europe, Food Relief, food surplus, Food waste, hunger, Slovenia - August 28, 2018

“RESCUED FOOD FOR STREET MEALS” is a Strategic Partnership project aimed to connect five partner organizations (active in the youth work areas of humanitarian work, youth volunteering and finding solutions for food waste problem) from Sweden, Belgium, Hungary, United Kingdom and Slovenia. This project is a true fusion of the experiences of partner organizations, using each organization’s experience and expertise to create a “food revolution” in the areas of partner activity. Erasmus+ programme fund it. The project allows participants from the partner organizations involved, to educate themselves and their target groups in a variety of ways how to create innovative activities to engage youth in solving social problems of local communities. The participants learn and share their good practices/experience through training activities on organizing “Rescued Food for Street Meals” humanitarian events, cooking, distributing food, etc. This Initiative supports the participants in their personal and professional development (knowledge, skills, and attitudes). The project started on 1st February 2016 and ended on 30th June 2018. According to UN Report (the year 2011), over 1/3 of the world’s food for human consumption is wasted every year. At the same time, worldwide 842 million people are experiencing hunger. Poverty and food insecurity are incredibly prevalent in many European cities, making a case for food waste reduction and proper redistribution all the more critical. These alarming statistics made us think about how to get actively involved in creating innovative, practical solutions for burning problem of food waste. The project deals with the growing global problem of poverty and food crisis, which is officially stressed by the “Food group” in European Parliament, so we think that this partnership is parallel with their objectives and offers added value in finding the high-quality solutions achievable locally and globally. The objectives of the project are: To build the capacity […]

4 Billion Meals Served

FFL News, world hunger - 4 billion, annamrita, charity, feeding children, free meals, prasadam, vegan, vegetarian - December 30, 2016

We did it! Serving 4 billion meals is no easy feat, but today, Food for Life Global’s network of 210 affiliates in 60 countries quietly served out the 4 billionth meal. To put that in perspective that is two meals for every child in the world. Starting as a grassroots operation in the fields of Mayapur, West Bengal, inspired by the words of a simple India Swami, A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, that “no one within ten miles of our temple should go hungry,” the project gradually expanded around the world to now include award-winning mega kitchens in India that churn out up to 70,000 meals a day! Food for Life Global’s network of affiliates may not get the recognition of other charities like the Red Cross, but it is made up of the most dedicated volunteers on the planet — day in day out – cooking enormous quantities of nutritious plant-based food to satisfy the needs of millions. “Our mission is to unite the world through pure food,” explains Paul Rodney Turner, Co-founder and director of Food for Life Global that was established in 1995. “Through our indiscriminate distribution of plant-based meals we are directly addressing the root cause of hunger and all forms of social injustice, by communicating to our recipients that we love and respect them as our brother or sister.” “By only using plant-based ingredients we are extending this same love and respect to all sentient beings, ” he said. “Every year, more than 56 million animals are killed for food and this is just unacceptable.” Food for Life Global’s spiritual solution to world hunger is not only bolstered by its tremendous ability to cook and serve more food than any other non-profit in the world, but it is also a partner in establishing the Food Surplus Hub […]

The Simple Solution to World Hunger

FFL News, Get Involved, world hunger - feeding children, Food Relief, food surplus, FSE network, Paul Turner, Slovenia, vegan - March 25, 2016

A talk I gave at the cafe 360 to open the Food Surplus Network in Ljubljana, Slovenia in October 2015. To learn more on this see Paul’s article. John Robbins, the author of the best-selling Diet for a New America, writes: “The existence of so much hunger in the world is a reality we cannot deny. It is a reality that challenges us deeply: it asks us to become more fully human.” Robbins argues that the world hunger problem is not only the responsibility of the United Nations, but of every human being on the planet. “When we remember those who are without food,” says Robbins, “something is awakened within us. Our own deeper hunger comes to surface—our hunger to live fully, to bring our lives into alignment with our compassion, to make our lives expressions of our spirits.” Food for Life started in India, after the founder, Swami Prabhupada proclaimed to his yoga students that no one should go hungry within a ten-mile radius of a temple. Since that time, over two billion free plant-based meals have been served to the needy on six continents. Food for Life has emerged as the largest vegan food relief program in the world! Food for Life’s mission—to bring about peaceful and prosperity through the liberal distribution of pure plant-based food prepared with loving intention.

What good is a $1 donation? More than you can imagine

FFL News, Get Involved, world hunger - annamrita, charity, feeding children, Food for Life, Food Relief, vegan - September 21, 2015

I have been running charities since 1989 when I registered by my first non-profit in Australia, called Hare Krishna Food for Life Hunter Valley. Back then I was a monk and while full of enthusiasm, I had much to learn when it came to donor relations. You can’t just expect people to give without asking them and most people will if you ask them the right way at the right time. However, something odd has been happening over the last 10 years that has tremendously impacted the non-profit sector — donor fatigue. Interest in supporting poverty, hunger and animal welfare have significantly declined over the last decade according to Google Trends. Maybe it’s because there are so many good causes in need these days, and many people find it hard to choose what one is better than the other. Added to this avalanche of good causes you also have an unstable US dollar, an estimated 48 million US citizens on food stamps, an increase in military activity with talk of marshal law, it is no wonder that people are shy to hand over their hard-earned dollars. They have other things on their minds, closer to home. The gap in income between rich and poor is greater in the United States than in any other developed country. Starting in the 1980s rates have consistently exceeded those of other wealthy nations. Half of the U.S. population lives in poverty or is low-income, according to U.S. census data. According to a survey by the Associated Press, four out of five U.S. adults struggle with joblessness, near-poverty or reliance on welfare for at least parts of their lives. I can fully empathize with this. With pessimism soaring off the charts, and money so scarce, many people are probably wondering what good will their small donation do in the […]

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