The New Food Bank Frontline
The peculiar challenges of giving away food in different economies.
Giving away unwanted food to people who need it, sounds like it should be easy. But in this episode we find it throws up some peculiar challenges. What do you do with 12,000 cakes, or vast amounts of unwanted crocodile meat?
Over the past few years food banks have been opening up in places they have never been seen before, from some of the world’s richest cities to its poorest slums. But are they always the best approach to feeding the hungry?
Three people who run food banks in Singapore, Nigeria and England join Emily Thomas to divulge the challenges of the job, from dealing with the stigma, to tackling corruption, or finding a home for rabbit food.
(Photo: Hand reaching towards row of tins. Credit: Getty images/ Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ).
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Should you give sweets to a food bank?
Duration: 02:08
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- Thu 10 Jan 2019 03:32GMTΒι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service Online, UK DAB/Freeview, Europe and the Middle East & West and Central Africa only
- Thu 10 Jan 2019 05:32GMTΒι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service Australasia, Americas and the Caribbean, South Asia & East Asia only
- Thu 10 Jan 2019 11:32GMTΒι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service except West and Central Africa
- Thu 10 Jan 2019 18:32GMTΒι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service Australasia
- Thu 10 Jan 2019 21:32GMTΒι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service East and Southern Africa & West and Central Africa only
- Thu 10 Jan 2019 23:32GMTΒι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service except East and Southern Africa & West and Central Africa
- Sun 13 Jan 2019 08:32GMTΒι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service
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