FOOD INSECURITY

​FOOD INSECURITY

"If you can't feed a hundred people then feed just one"

​ Mother Teresa

(Nobel Peace Price holder of 1979)​

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​Understanding Household Food Insecurity

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​Food insecurity is the inadequate or insecure access to food due to financial constraints. When a person is unable to obtain a sufficient amount of healthy food on a day-to-day basis.

​Food Insecurity in Canada

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is an accurate description of Food Insecurity?

• When a person is unable to obtain a large amount of healthy food on a day-to-day basis

• When a person is only able to obtain a sufficient amount of healthy food on a day-to-day basis

• When a person is unable to obtain a sufficient amount of healthy food on a day-to-day basis

​What to do?

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By supporting community-led initiatives in Indigenous communities in Canada, you can help families and communities provide healthy school meals, make local and fresh food affordable and accessible, and revitalize traditional knowledge sharing between children and Elders.​

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​Local organizations in Orillia those acts for food security in households

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• The Sharing Place Orillia

• Salvation Army Orillia

• Guardian Angels Church

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​The Sharing Place Orillia

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• Healthy breakfast foods for over 4000 children in 21 local schools
  every day (when schools are open)

• 400 snack bags a week to local agencies when schools are closed

• 400 snack bags distributed a month to kids under 18 out of our
  Food Bank program

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​School Fuel

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• 32% of their members are children

• 546,704 lbs. of food donated in 2021

• 12,614 volunteer hours

• 770 new members in 2021

​Food Bank

​Programs

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• 323,941 lbs of fresh, healthy food recovered from grocery stores and farms in 2021

• 11,932 lbs. diverted from waste to local farmers

• 6+ community partners access food from this program

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​fOOD rECOVERY

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• 400 meals a week

• 150 meals a week distributed to community partners

• Average cost per meal is under $1​

​MeALS - 4 - CHANGE

​Thanks ALL

​Albin Benny

Shinto Anto

Sreehari Sajeev

Aswin Vinod

Athul Antony

Jerin Joyis

​References

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​Household food insecurity in Canada. PROOF. (2022, September 9). Retrieved November 2, 2022, from

https://proof.utoronto.ca/food-insecurity/

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Food insecurity in Canada. The Canadian Encyclopedia. (n.d.). Retrieved November 2, 2022, from https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/food-insecurity-in-canada

​Baptiste, Z. (2021, March 8). Why is there food insecurity in Canada? Canadian Feed The Children. Retrieved November 2, 2022, from https://canadianfeedthechildren.ca/the-feed/why-food-insecurity/

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