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The first two campaigns saw at least 2.5 million meals (250, 000 kilograms of food items) donated in areas of Kampala, Wakiso, Mukono and Jinja, Beneficiary groups in this third drive will include Uganda Women\u201fs Efforts to Save Orphans (UWESO), Uganda Institute of Allied Health & Management Sciences, Buikwe District Island Community, Budaka Tuvuco Women Group, Bamasaba Floods Victims, Remand Home Mbale, St Kizito Babies Home, Mbale Community Living With HIV\/AIDS, Mbale Young Mothers, Single Mothers Group, Link Child, NOURSH Child Uganda, Mbale Town Moslem Community, Nakaloke Islamic Community, Namatala Elderly Group, Bukiru Cheshire Home, Divine Mercy Babies Home, Ruti Vocational Rehabilitation Center, Mbarara Church Our Reception Home and Isingiro District community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n These are found in the districts of Kampala, Buikwe, Iganga, Jinja, Budaka, Mbale, Manafa, Mpigi, Mbarara and Isingiro plus the hard to reach islands Buyiga.<\/p>\n\n\n\n H.E. Abdullah Hassan Obaid Al Shamsi, the UAE ambassador to Uganda praised the humanitarian spirit of the donors and called for more support to vulnerable communities. <\/p>\n\n\n\n He hoped the collaboration between the UAE and Uganda would continue; further strengthening relations between the two countries. Dr Moez El Shohdi, founder and CEO of FBRN noted that the humanitarian campaign was very critical, as many continue to battle hunger that has been exacerbated by the Covid19 pandemic. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Haba Na Haba Food Bank\u201fs excellent record in rescuing and distributing food from markets in central Uganda to vulnerable groups is what attracted the partnerships from the MBRGI, the FBRN, the UAE embassy and other stakeholders involved with humanitarian relief. The MBRGI has since appointed Haba Na Haba a coordinator of the same program in neighbouring East African countries starting with Burundi. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe urge all community and national leaders to also join us and establish community food banks because a lot of fresh food is thrown away yet many people are still going hungry every day. This is in line with our name that comes from the Swahili proverb, \u2018haba na haba hujaze kibaba\u2019 which means \u201elittle by little the pot is filled\u201f,\u201d said Mrs Bagenda. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Father Joseph Ssebayigga of St James Catholic Parish Bbinna, Mutungo in Kampala urged Ugandans to emulate the donors by feeding their needy neighbours as well. Lgakeside Rubaga Rotary Club President, Prossy Nalukwago, was grateful that the very vulnerable are getting support including the island communities<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Haba Na Haba Food Bank has today launched the third phase of a food distribution drive, with at least 1.25 million meals (125, 000 kilograms of food items) to be donated to various vulnerable families and groups across the country. Each of the 5,000 food parcels, which is estimated to feed a family of five […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27983,"featured_media":27310,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_paywall_metabox":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[98],"tags":[31],"class_list":["post-27308","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-featured"],"yoast_head":"\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Pic-_-Haba-Na-Haba-4.jpg\")
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