‘Re:Food’... a Kuwaiti youth social welfare, humanitarian initiative

‘Volunteers make sure that no family would sleep without proper food’

KUWAIT CITY, Oct 6, (KUNA): Food and sustenance are vital part of living for almost all human beings, but for some, such resources are hard to find and difficult to attain.

As part of its social responsibility and humanitarian mission, the ‘Re:Food’ non-profit Kuwaiti youth initiative focuses on distributing food to those who are really in need.

Speaking to KUNA, head of ‘Re:Food’s Public Relations and Media Haya Al-Maqroun said that the initiative began in reaction to the World Bank’s report on Kuwait, which revealed that food wastes represented around 50 percent of the two million tons of solid wastes produced annually.

The overflow of food waste and surplus of sustenance coming of restaurants and households were an integral part of launching the ‘Re:Food’ initiative, said Al-Maqroun.

She indicated that instead of food being wasted, there are families in need of such resources and that is why the initiative is there.

There are some 44 needy families registered at House of Zakat, said Al-Maqroun who added that ‘Re:Food’ served so far some 1,200 families throughout the country.

‘Re:Food’ volunteers are the backbone of the whole project and they make sure that no family would sleep without proper food, she affirmed.

On volunteering, ‘Re:Food’s head of the volunteers program Hussein Redha said that the number of people partaking in this honorable endeavor jumped from 15 individuals to 700 members.

Any person could be part of ‘Re:Food’, he affirmed, saying that the group’s official website offers all the necessary details for anyone to join the cause.

The ‘Re:Food’ initiative won several accolades this year and was chosen among 30 projects in the ‘Operation Hope Kuwait’.