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Diverting excess food to hungry people Kiran Sridhar

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Diverting excess food to hungry people. Kiran Sridhar. The Big Picture. Strong Communities. Prosperous Future Trends. Upwardly Mobile Future. Strong Kids. Current Picture. Financial Crisis. Less Optimistic Future. Fewer Jobs. Less Resources to Charities. More Hungry Families. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Diverting excess food to hungry people

Kiran Sridhar

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The Big Picture

Strong Communities

Prosperous Future Trends

Strong Kids

Upwardly Mobile Future

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Current Picture

Less Optimistic Future

Financial Crisis

Fewer Jobs

Less Resources to Charities

More Hungry Families

More Hungry Kids

Less engaged in School

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Food Security is a Human Right

“Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of himself and his family, including food.” –United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights Article 25 (1948)

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Hunger is a Real Problem

11 Million Hungry People 20% of Children Live in Food

Insecure Households

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Root Cause of HungerFood Production California Food

Root Cause is not Food Production. It is Food Distribution!

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A SolutionA non-profit, 501c3, web-based marketplace

connects the donor to those in need

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Results to Date

9 Restaurants signed-up 1 Farm in the program Over 4,000 hungry stomachs fed Excess food not in landfills contributing to global

warming Los Gatos High School and Lick-Wilmerding

High School community service projects Two new corporate clients

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Los Gatos High School Fundraise

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How You Can Help“Life’s most persistent question is: ‘What are you

doing for others’”-Martin Luther King

Join the movement to eradicate hunger in CA

Donate Time Web Design & Software Development Sign-up Farms, Restaurants, Supermarkets,

Cafeterias Design promotional material

Donate Money Donate Food

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To learn more

Thanks for listening!

www.wastenofood.org

@wasteofood

Waste No Food