On May 27, the International Federation of Christians and Jews (IFCJ) donated a new truck to distribute food to people suffering from food insecurity as part of a collaboration project with Reketto.
The food truck will be used by EAT – Persia's Kitchen to help families and seniors in need across Israel.
The inauguration ceremony took place at the ORT Gutman School in Netanya.
IFCJ contributed $42,247 to make this project possible, providing funding for the purchase of the truck and additional support related to modifying the vehicle for food distribution.
This truck is just the first of plans underway to expand the program and purchase more vehicles to transport food to people in need across the country. IFCJ donates more than $80 million annually to various food security projects in Israel, adding to its extensive charitable efforts in the Jewish state. Israelis sort food and produce at Leket Israel. (Photo by AMIR YAKOBY)
Combating food insecurity
The Pescia Kitchen program began as a modest initiative in three ORT schools, where students volunteered to prepare food packages made by Reket Israel from surplus produce and items collected from food production facilities. Coordinated in partnership with “Derek Kfar”, the program has since expanded to 12 ORT schools across Israel, enabling students to play an active role in the fight against food poverty.
“This project is another step forward in our ongoing efforts to find new, more effective ways to address hunger and poverty across Israel,” said Yael Eckstein, president of IFCJ, Israel's largest organization providing humanitarian aid in Israel, helping the poor through a variety of projects and initiatives. “This partnership brings together multiple agencies with the tools and resources to create effective, lasting change for thousands of families in need. The Fellowship and our hundreds of thousands of supporters around the world feel great pride knowing that this support will help address the food security challenges that thousands of Israelis face every day.”
Tal Bar-Maoz, principal of ORT Gutman School in Netanya, where the IFCJ truck was donated, commented, “At the heart of our school's educational vision is to emphasize the importance of social contribution and community involvement. Each week, students help prepare and pack produce. It brings us great pride to see people benefiting from our students' charitable efforts and to ensure that this produce does not go to waste.”
