No this isn't your normal KL foodie blog.....but it should be.
Last weekend I joined several hundred enthusiastic people in Bangsar Village I, and assisted in packaging Stop Hunger Now meals. The event was sponsored/hosted by Rotary International Clubs in Georgetown, Penang, and Kuala Lumpur Malaysia. At this site 88,000 meals were packaged during two volunteer shifts. Rotary was the organizing group facilitating his event in conjunction with the Stop Hunger Now Malaysia international office.
88K meals sound like a lot, but two years ago Taylor University in Petaling Jaya organized 4000+ students who packaged over 1,000,000 meals. That is a lot.
The logistics of the project is amazing. The local organizing group follows a project management template established by Stop Hunger Now.....an international NGO based in Raleigh, North Carolina...our former home. Liz is aware of the group having taught at least one of their former staff members at North Carolina State University.
So how did it work. Stop Hunger Now provides the rice, beans/lentils, vitamin packets, bags, and instructions. Around a set of long tables 4 individuals put measured amounts of the dry ingredients in the bags. Several more weight the contents and adjust the contents to a standard weight, two individuals heat seal the bags, and several more pack cardboard cartons with exactly 36 bags of food. Each resealable bag contains food for 6 meals, and instructions (in English and in pictures) are printed on the bag.
The math....each carton contains 216 servings. And we packed 400 - 450 cartons. The total is my approximation given the announcements accompanied by the striking of a large gong. No jokes please about "the gong show".
Although I pre-registered for a time slot, I had to wait in line to join the assembly line. A large enthusiastic group of culinary arts students at KDU (a local university/college) provided a base of manpower in the afternoon. Without them, the job would not have been completed.
So if you hear of a local food packaging event associated with Stop Hunger Now. Go join them...it is a lot of fun...and it doesn't matter how old you are...from teen to 90+ you can do it.
Last weekend I joined several hundred enthusiastic people in Bangsar Village I, and assisted in packaging Stop Hunger Now meals. The event was sponsored/hosted by Rotary International Clubs in Georgetown, Penang, and Kuala Lumpur Malaysia. At this site 88,000 meals were packaged during two volunteer shifts. Rotary was the organizing group facilitating his event in conjunction with the Stop Hunger Now Malaysia international office.
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| Volunteers in Bangsar Village I Mall |
88K meals sound like a lot, but two years ago Taylor University in Petaling Jaya organized 4000+ students who packaged over 1,000,000 meals. That is a lot.
The logistics of the project is amazing. The local organizing group follows a project management template established by Stop Hunger Now.....an international NGO based in Raleigh, North Carolina...our former home. Liz is aware of the group having taught at least one of their former staff members at North Carolina State University.
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| The KDU culinary students on the STOP HUNGER NOW assembly line. |
So how did it work. Stop Hunger Now provides the rice, beans/lentils, vitamin packets, bags, and instructions. Around a set of long tables 4 individuals put measured amounts of the dry ingredients in the bags. Several more weight the contents and adjust the contents to a standard weight, two individuals heat seal the bags, and several more pack cardboard cartons with exactly 36 bags of food. Each resealable bag contains food for 6 meals, and instructions (in English and in pictures) are printed on the bag.
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| Fill each space with two meal bags and you have a full box. |
The math....each carton contains 216 servings. And we packed 400 - 450 cartons. The total is my approximation given the announcements accompanied by the striking of a large gong. No jokes please about "the gong show".
Although I pre-registered for a time slot, I had to wait in line to join the assembly line. A large enthusiastic group of culinary arts students at KDU (a local university/college) provided a base of manpower in the afternoon. Without them, the job would not have been completed.
So if you hear of a local food packaging event associated with Stop Hunger Now. Go join them...it is a lot of fun...and it doesn't matter how old you are...from teen to 90+ you can do it.
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