Homelessness Week 2016

The 1st to the 7th of August marked Homelessness Week 2016. This campaign is coordinated each year by Homelessness Australia (HA) to shed light on the reality of homelessness in Australia.

Being Busy Bees & the Big 130 | MAR-APR Wrap Up

We are on the brink of June yet we still get together as a team and talk about how exhausted we are from March and April. The past couple of months have been a whirlwind of events, promo and new endeavours. To save you the trouble of having to read through it all, we spent a lot of time documenting the past couple of months in photographs and videos. Enjoy!

Join the Team – Become a HFB Ambassador!

As a project we always have our sights set on the future – always considering what our organisation can become and how we’re going to get there.

This year we launched the HFB Ambassadors Program at our Afternoon Ladies Tea event.

A running theme in our meetings leading up to 2016 is that we saw no reason why we couldn’t pack more boxes. We set our target of 130 boxes per month and alhamdulillah we hit that target on the 27^th of March 2016!

And this was largely due to our amazing ambassadors and their dedication.

Our Ambassador Program is open to any one in the community eager to make a positive contribution locally. The task is simple: provide 5 boxes of food per month and do it however you want. Throw together a sporting event or put on a BBQ; host a morning tea or hold a bake sale.

Our ambassadors are encouraged to think outside the box and entertain any or every crazy idea that will engage the greater community in the conversation about food security for all. We’re actually pretty excited to see what fun ideas people come up with! 🙂

Check out these videos for a snippet of what went down at our Ladies Tea, hear one of our ambassadors speak & find out more about how you can get involved!

Planning, Packing & Peers | JAN-FEB Wrap Up

Are you as surprised as I am that we’ve already stumbled upon March? Because even though I’m about to take you through the wrap up, a small part of me wonders whether or not I was present or if the whirlwind that is 2016 got the better of me (in the best possible way, of course)!

In the Pursuit of Impact

Do you want to be a part of something bigger than yourself? Do you want to leave a legacy behind? Do you want to better the world you live in?

Do you want to live a meaningful life?

HFB Perth Likes…Shawn Achor!

Hello, 2016!

Here at HFB – Perth we are big on goals, meeting our targets and exploiting all of the hipster cafes in Perth to figure out how to do so – because nothing says productivity like coffee, desserts and all day breakfasts. Our team has been gearing up for some hard work in 2016, so it was perfect stumbling upon The Happy Secret to Better Work by Shawn Achor.

Full of gems regarding positivity, happiness, success and work, I wanted to share a few of my own thoughts about these concepts and how they have related to my work with the Halal Food Bank – Perth.

That’s a Wrap! | 2015 in Review

2015 has been a phenomenal year for the Halal Food Bank – Perth team. We cannot even begin to express our gratitude and astonishment at the way the project and the team has grown in such a short amount of time. So I am here, your resident HFB – Perth blogger, to wrap this year up, take a look back at what we have achieved this year through countless blessings and where our sights are set for 2016.

World Food Day 2015 – Oct 1

 

October 16 every year marks World Food Day.

 

The day is dedicated to raising awareness about hunger in today’s world. It’s a chance for you and I to stand together with others committed to eradicating hunger. This sounds like an ambitious goal which is why the team amass support from many many parts of the globe. By giving each year a theme, World Food Day sheds light on the many causes of hunger around the world. This year’s theme is “social protection and agriculture: breaking the cycle of rural poverty”. Put simply, the focus for 2015 is on developing support systems that allow farmers and their families to be less affected by poor yields and unforeseen events (like floods). Some practical examples of how this works:

1. The Action Against Hunger crew provide tools and education for farmers to grow healthy crops.
2. The same guys provide emergency therapeutic treatment to malnourished children.

There are many other examples – just google “world food day 2015”

Did you know that almost 5 million children under the age of 5 die of malnutrition-related causes every year?

Let’s do something to end hunger in our lifetime. Share this image to raise awareness. #wfd2015

#1 | HFB Perth Reads…

Much misunderstanding and ignorance surrounds the issue of living in poverty; as this week is National Anti-Poverty Week, efforts are being made to break down barriers and encourage conversation to educate and break the stigma. In an article by Orlander Ruming, the issue of the cost of living and, by extension, the cost of housing are discussed as major contributing factors when it comes to struggling families in regional areas.

“Without access to housing people find it almost impossible to get and keep a job, to send their kids to school or to address any other ongoing issues in their lives. It’s a key foundation for addressing disadvantage,” NCOSS chief executive officer Tracy Howe said.

You can read the complete article here.

Until next time,

Salaams from the Halal Food Bank – Perth Team 🙂

HFB Perth Likes…Mia Birdsong!

“The Story We Tell About Poverty Isn’t True” by Mia Birdsong is on our radar this month, bringing much-needed insight to the people that struggle on an everyday basis. Their lives, efforts and ventures that shatter preconceived notions of living in poverty, hard work, success and privilege.

Until next time,

Salaams from the Halal Food Bank – Perth Team 🙂