P-5475

Providing Food for the Hungry

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Project Description

Country: USA

Location: Bronx, Westchester, NY

Total Budget: $2,000

Area of Focus: Disease prevention and treatment

Activity Type: Food/Agriculture: General

Summary: Providing food for the homeless and hungry in Westchester and surrounding areas.


Food is an essential need for all people around the world. Without daily access to nutritious meals, children face the threat of disease, falling behind in school, and malnutrition. Children in our local communities are struggling to get daily access to meals that are healthy and plenty for their daily activities. By providing groceries to families through our program, we will help families across Westchester and the Bronx, NY to get adequate access to meals and nutritious groceries to help encourage a healthy and disease-free lifestyle.

The World Food Program - the United Nations agency in charge of emergency food distribution as well as school meal programs in numerous countries - warned that an additional 270 million people were facing grave hunger, with children most at risk. Nutritionists predicted that stunting, which already affects nearly one of every four children in the world, would surely rise. Researchers, writing in the medical journal The Lancet, estimated that more than 6 million children would suffer wasting (severe underweight) and that as many as 10,000 children could die from malnutrition every month in the coming year.

Hunger has become more personal for many Americans than at any time since the Great Depression. As the pandemic paralyzed the economy and jobs and incomes vanished, we have seen massive demand at food banks and pop-up relief pantries - perhaps we have even been there ourselves or recognized our relatives, friends, neighbors, or co-workers in those crowds.

Under this project, we will be providing food and grocery supplies for approximately 150 families in our area, who are facing food and nutrition crises.

Project Contact Person

District: 7230

Rotary Club of: Westchester

Primary Contact: Shahzaib Siddiqui

Email: salirahi1@hotmail.com

Project Status

Signed
This project is "Signed". This means that the signatures from the club leadership have been collected. This project is now being reviewed by the district leadership for approval. Once a decision is made, the status of the project will be changed to "Approved".

Project listed for the 2024-25 Rotary Year.

Proposed Financing

Existing Contributions Towards This Project

Date

Cash

DDF

Total

Westchester (7230)

13-Sep-24

$1,000

$1,000

$2,000

Total

$1,000

$1,000

$2,000

DDF contributions in grey are pending approval of the corresponding district committee.

Project Supporting Documents


[24-Sep-24]
Westchester NY MOU

 

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History Log Entries

13-Sep-24

by Amber Alirahi

System Entry: Creation of project page.

16-Sep-24

by Mahbub Ahmad

Need signed MoU Uploaded to the project page under documents.

23-Sep-24

by Mahbub Ahmad

Need signed MoU.

24-Sep-24

by Mahbub Ahmad

Need Signed MoU. Project submission deadline was 20 September. If not submitted by the end of day Wednesday 25 September, the Committee will be unable to evaluate the project.

25-Sep-24

by Mahbub Ahmad

System Entry: Project sent for club signatures.

25-Sep-24

by Amber Alirahi

System Entry: Project signed by Amber Alirahi.

26-Sep-24

System Entry

System Entry: Project signed by Shahzaib Siddiqui.

3-Oct-24

by Mahbub Ahmad

We are pleased to inform you that the District Grants Sub-committee has tentatively approved your Grant request for the full amount of your request. This will now be submitted to The Rotary Foundation for final approval. Please do not begin the project or spend any funds for the project before the final approval is communicated to you.

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