Project description:

Challenge: Ukraine faced an incredible challenge. When more than 4 million Ukrainians were forced to leave their hometowns. Most of these internally displaced persons lost absolutely all means of livelihood and coverage of even their basic food needs. Our task was to create a platform uniting socially responsible businesses for the sake of constant and large-scale food support to Ukrainians who need it most – a tool for increasing food security in Ukraine.

Solution: Ukrainian Food Foundation TERMINAL is the first charitable underground food terminal in Ukraine, working with rescued products from manufacturing companies. It provides an opportunity to attract products from socially responsible businesses for free to support Ukrainians. It has an autonomous power supply and is located underground, which allows it to work during blackouts and rocket attacks. Thanks to this, it became the first safe space in Ukraine for corporate volunteering.

Result: Thanks to the work of the terminal, it was possible to attract more than 20 permanent donor companies. This allowed for regular mass food distributions, the formation of thousands of humanitarian kits, and charity food markets. During the work, it was possible to save and transfer more than 1,500 tons of food products to Ukrainians in need. More than 250,000 recipients have received assistance. The total cost of the saved products exceeded the investment in the project by more than 10 times.

Partners:

PepsiCo Ukraine, PepsiCo Foundation.

Category: Social Change

Company: Ukrainian Food Foundation

About the company: 

Ukrainian Food Foundation is a non-profit charitable organization of the “food bank” type, which saves from disposal surplus food and other products donated by producers and food chains on an industrial scale. We transfer them free of charge to people who are on the verge of survival. We fight poverty and save people from hunger, increasing food security. We reduce the negative impact on the environment by minimizing food waste to reach Sustainable Development Goals 1, 2, 12, and 13.