WORLD FOOD DAY
Here in Malaysia, many of us share one great love: food. It binds us as a family, community and nation. From mamak sessions to family reunions and now, ordering or sending food over to friends’ homes, it’s undeniable that food is more than a meal. It’s a memory, a feeling, an experience. It warms the soul, fills the stomach and builds bridges in conversation and life.
However, food is also survival. We know that everyone deserves food, but for the first time in over a decade, global hunger is on the rise. It’s a crisis that has worsened due to the impact of COVID-19, climate change and conflict on vulnerable communities around the world. And as always, children are often the ones who suffer most.
(UN Food and Agriculture Organisation)
(UNICEF’s Families on the Edge Report, May 2021)
This World Food Day, we invite you to look at food in a new way and discover how you can combat hunger and poverty around the world.
(UN Food and Agriculture Organisation)
unable to purchase food for themselves.
(UNICEF’s Families on the Edge Report, May 2021)
with the hungry today.
As we lead up to World Food Day on October 16, we invite you to share your favourite food memory with us. Is it the nasi lemak stall near your house that serves up your favourite rendang, or the roast duck your uncle brings for reunion dinner every year? We’d love to hear it!
Share your story on social media, tag @my30hourfamine and hashtag #MoreThanAMeal #WorldFoodDay to celebrate what food means to you and how it has enriched your life.
