Charity continues ‘preserving food’ campaign

KUWAIT: Kuwait Food Bank (KFB) continues its voluntary campaign ‘Preserve it so that it lasts’, organized in collaboration with various NGOs. A statement issued by the bank said that the campaign aims at preserving food and stopping or reducing wastage to protect the environment and public health. KFB added that the campaign involves boosting public awareness to spread the culture of preserving food and recycling it by collecting leftovers and feeding it to birds and animals and serving extra food to the needy, which are all means of expressing gratitude for the blessings we have. In addition, KFB explained that the campaign’s name was set to make everyone positively take part in providing needy families with food, beverages and clothes, regardless of their religion, race or gender. KFB general manager Salem Al-Hamar extended the bank’s congratulations on the occasion of the national anniversaries to the political leadership and the Kuwaiti people, and explained that the campaign aims at promoting the culture of only purchasing what we actually need and consume to avoid discarding extra food, which should be prepared and served to the needy. “The campaign also calls for having special containers for extra food in schools and houses,” he added, reminding that 45 percent of the total waste in Kuwait is of food origin.