No One Should Go Hungry

Targeting Global Goal #2: Zero Hunger

UN SDG Goal #2: Zero Hunger

Ending hunger, achieving food security and improving nutrition, and promoting sustainable agriculture.

Goal #2: Zero Hunger is aiming to eliminate hunger in anyone & ensuring everyone has a meal to eat when hungry. Not only is the goal aiming to eliminate hunger, but it’s also working towards ensuring there is sustainable agriculture & nutritious food available.

The COVID-19 pandemic has posed significant challenges to achieving this objective. Lockdowns, travel restrictions, and disruptions in the global food supply chains have resulted in a decline in agricultural productivity, increased food prices, and limited access to nutritious meals for vulnerable communities. The pandemic has highlighted the need for urgent action to address the underlying inequalities in our food systems and ensure that the most vulnerable populations are not left without access to food amidst these extraordinary circumstances.

So what did we do?

At the beginning of 2020, all the changes brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic allowed us to look beyond ourselves. That's when it came to our attention the local food banks needed more donations. The local food banks struggled with food shortages since people stayed home, which increased the demand for food and reduced the supply as retail locations saw a significant decline in foot traffic.

Our solution was to enable people to donate from their homes by blanketing different neighborhoods with flyers, collecting donations, sorting them, then driving them to the Hawaii Foodbank. Over the last two years, our team has run several successful food drives and donated over three thousand pounds of food to the Hawaii Foodbank.

After each food drive, we brainstormed ways to improve the next one, from changing the walking routes to ensure the process's smoothness to gathering more volunteers to expand our reach. At the beginning of the process, it would take us several hours to complete the walking route when passing out flyers and picking up the donations. However, after adapting our procedure, it takes us, at most, an hour to complete the route.

Our Impact

22

Volunteers

3, 310

Pounds of food/supplies donated to the Hawaii Foodbank

7

Food drives run

Our Food Drives

  • 1st Food Drive

    After coming up with an idea to try and help the local food banks that were suffering due to the lack of food being donated when the COVID-19 pandemic started the escalate, we were ready to put the plan into action. We gathered and designed/printed 200 flyers to pass out around the neighborhood and were delighted to see that our gracious neighbors had donated food/items for us! Mahalo to those who supported us!

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  • 2nd Food Drive

    In late April, we did a food drive in our neighborhood. We ended up with 377+ cans and many people requested we do it again. So, we listened and passed out 200 flyers on May 4th and 6th. We then collected the food on May 9th. Again, we were very successful. We got over 471 donations! We are looking forward to doing it again in the future!

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  • 3rd Food Drive

    In late June, we decided (because our last food drive was such a success with over 300 donations from our neighbors,) to have another food drive. We passed out about 200 flyers. This time was different because we had two new members who helped out. We did two different locations as well. We ended up with over 700 donations! We appreciate and are very grateful to those who donated!

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  • 4th Food Drive

    In early December, we decided to host yet another food drive. Every time we've done these, the community always seems to want to help out more. We ended up with about 845 pounds of food and items! If you'd like to support them even more, you can go to their website hawaiifoodbank.org.

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  • 5th Food Drive

    We had a lot of requests to host more food drives. We also had a lot of volunteers who wanted chances to help out their community. We had a ton of support again and we are all so grateful.

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  • 6th Food Drive

    It's been over a year since our last food drive, so we decided to host another one! We ended up with 298 lbs, just under 300 lbs, of food, and are all so excited to be hosting food drives again. If you want to see how you can help our community, visit www.hawaiifoodbank.org or email us!

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  • 7th Food Drive

    It’s been quite a while since our last food drive, so we decided to run another one, due to the Hawaii Foodbank struggling now more than ever to keep their shelves stocked. Thank you, everyone, for your support! If you'd like to find out more ways to help, follow us on Instagram @nextwavehawaii.

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No one should go hungry.