Experiential Learning Project Profile
GH06-003
CHERISH FOOD!
Food Donation And Sharing Project
Our Social Mission:
To reduce food waste and ease the
financial burden and stress of the
low-income families in the Sham
Shui Po District. Since this project
started in 2012, about 69371 kg of
produce, bread and packaged food
were collected in every year. About
5145 kg of the inedible produce
was recycled as fish feed and
compost, and about 250 families
were able to receive vegetables
and bread once a week.
Student Learning:
Students will learn to apply marketing and resource management
strategies to tackle environmental and social problems. Through the
process, students will also learn about the issues and problems about
poverty, the dichotomy between food waste and food surplus, the
existing service gap, the impact of uneven food availability, as well as
the needs and challenges on the redistribution, reuse and recycling of
valuable resources in Hong Kong.
Project Opportunities:
• Visit wet markets and bakeries to collect food donations from
more than 85 vendors.
• Deliver the collected food to HKFWC’s local center, categorize and
organize them.
• Distribute the food to the low-income families and elderly
in need.
• Send the inedible food to
Lai Kok Estate's food waste
collection point, where a
contractor will recycle them
into fish feed.
• Design a guided tour on
this project and develop a
marketing plan for potential
corporate supporters by
drawing their attention to
the problem of food waste in
Hong Kong.
PROJECT LOCATION
Sham Shui Po,
Hong Kong
COMMUNITY PARTNER
Hong Kong
Federation of
Women’s Centres
KEY AREAS
Food Surplus, Food Waste,
Campaign, Resource
Redistribution, Poverty Reduction,
Business, Marketing
Interested faculty members are
welcome to contact Dr. Dennis Cheung,
Lecturer of GHELC
Phone: 2219 4828
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://ghelc.hku.hk