Diverting excess food to hungry people Kiran Sridhar.

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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

Strong Kids

Upwardly Mobile Future

Current Picture

Less Optimistic Future

Financial Crisis

Fewer Jobs

Less Resources to Charities

More Hungry Families

More Hungry Kids

Less engaged in School

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)

Hunger is a Real Problem

11 Million Hungry People 20% of Children Live in Food

Insecure Households

Root Cause of Hunger

Food Production California Food

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

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

connects the donor to those in need

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

Los Gatos High School Fundraise

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

To learn more

Thanks for listening!

www.wastenofood.org

@wasteofood

Waste No Food