FoodBank South Africa

FoodBank SA's Food Procurement Program ("Buy to Give") compliments our Food Rescue program, by buying food to supplement rescued food.

With financial support from donors, FoodBank SA negotiates with food manufacturers and suppliers to bulk buy staple food products as cost effectively as possible.

FoodBank South Africa has a fleet of 28 vehicles and 4,000m2 of warehouse space suitable for handling and dispatching large volumes of food.

Rescued and procured food is distributed to those in need via the agencies supported by FoodBank.  

To ensure that we promote development and not dependency, most agencies have skills training, income-generation and agricultural projects, especially those targeting adults. These projects are regularly mentored and monitored by FoodBank SA's team of community fieldworkers.

Lunch Buddies is a school feeding program aimed at alleviating hunger among poor school children by providing them with a nutritious lunch. FoodBank SA does this by collecting sandwiches made by children at resourced schools and distributing them to children at under-resourced schools.

What we love about Lunch Buddies is that it’s about kids helping kids. It’s also about helping our children grow. Children who are materially poor benefit by receiving much-needed food and children who never have to worry about food benefit by giving and growing in kindness.
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A 'Sandwich Jam' is a sandwich making event – a fun-filled and socially responsible team building activity where groups work together to try and make as many sandwiches as possible in a limited time - and sandwiches are then distributed to the hungry via our agencies.

For organisations and schools who would like FoodBank SA to arrange a Sandwich Jam on their behalf, we've developed an all-inclusive* package starting at just R200 per person.

For anyone wishing to host a Sandwich Jam independently, without any direct assistance from FoodBank SA, we've developed guidelines and a supplies calculator.