World Food Day was established by the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) in 1979. It is marked every year on 16 October by the FAO; its key objective is to “heighten public awareness of the problem of hunger in the world”.
It is estimated that at least one-third of food produced worldwide is lost or wasted. That amounts to about 1.3-billion tons of food a year.
The WesBank Fund, managed by Tshikululu Social Investments NPC, knows that local and sustainable food systems require sustained support to be successful. For this reason, the Wesbank Fund provides multi-year funding support to its partner organisations in support of household food security and the attainment of agricultural livelihoods.
The Wesbank Fund commends its partner organisations throughout the country for their work in helping people build their own food gardens as assets which deliver increasing returns over time: returns of fresh and nutritious food, but also social and economic returns. Together with our partners on this World Food Day, we celebrate the very real and tangible benefits that a lifestyle of food gardening offers.