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What are the economic problems?
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•More than half of the city’s households can’t afford food for their families within 3 months of losing a job or household income.
•Low income and middle income families are worst affected, especially as food prices are rising |
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What are the social problems?
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- Approximately 2.9 million New Yorkers are at risk of hunger. This is an increase of 60% since 2003
- More than 3 million New Yorkers live in low-income neighbourhoods that lack access to affordable, nutritious food.Has lead to high concentrations of diabetes, obesity and hypertension. |
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What is the initiative?
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Short term relief
The Food Bank obtains fresh and non-perishable food from a variety of sources and then supplies it to a network of approximately 740 member organizations across the city. Provides food distribution, income support and nutrition |
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What is the scale?
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Local
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Who are the main players?
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•Financial support and food donations: e.g. Bank of America, Kraft Foods, Wal-Mart Foundation
•Government agencies: e.g. US Department of Agriculture (USDA), Emergency Food and Shelter Programme •Hunger-relief organisations: e.g. Food bank association of New York State •Individual supporters; donate between $1,000 and $9,999 annually |
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Evidence of effectiveness: ACCESS
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•Food distribution, income support, nutrition education
•Increasing the poor’s access to food through a network of more than 1,000 community-based programmes across the city, providing 400,000 free meals a day •Provides disaster relief e.g. Hurricane Sandy •Uses infrastructure that is already in place |
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Evidence of effectiveness: AVAILABILITY
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•Supports 2.6 million people
•Supplies food for 1 in 5 families •Only as much food available as is donated •No more food is produced, just better distributed •Works because USA is a wealthy country and people are able to donate |
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Evidence of effectiveness: UTILISATION
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•Community Cookshop is a government-funded nutrition education programme that gives nutrition education to families, reaching approximately 30,000 people
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Evidence of effectiveness: STABILITY
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Stability Over 100 full-time employees
•The food bank has been running for 30 years and has established a well supported network •Relies on donations and volunteers •Can only provide short-term relief |
