Tag: Cayman Food Bank
Food security policy targets poverty and poor health
(CNS): Government has published a draft Food and Nutrition Security Policy driven by concerns about the health and well-being of residents and the growing challenge of chronic non-communicable diseases caused by poor diets as well as access to and cost of nutritional food for some families. Officials said the primary concern is the ability of […]
Food bank extending reach with $113k donation
(CNS): The local food bank will be extending its support to the local community beyond feeding those in immediate need after receiving a CI$113,000 donation. Naomi Law from the Cayman Food Bank said the charity will be expanding the services it offers to the community beyond food assistance in the face of growing and widening […]
$200k donation keeps food bank open
(CNS): The Cayman Food bank, which has been struggling to keep up with demand over the last few months as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, has been given a donation of $200,000, which volunteers said will help them keep the charity going. While some businesses have reopened and many people are back at work, […]
New fund dishes out $346k in grants
(CNS): R3 Cayman Foundation has given out its first series of grants and Literacy for Life is the biggest recipient, receiving CI$150,000 to buy laptops for over 350 local kids. In addition, five charities focused on feeding families in need will share CI$110,000, a vocational scholarship progamme was given $56,000 and the YMCA summer camp […]
Food bank sees seven-fold increase in need
(CNS): The Cayman Islands Food bank has seen a massive increase in the number of people in need of their support since the COVID-19 shutdown. The charity has been distributing food to hundreds of people who need it on Wednesdays and Saturdays from the First Assembly of God car park. According to officials, they have […]
Offshore raises $124k for food bank van
(CNS): The local food bank was already stretched supporting families here in dire need of food before the COVID-19 pandemic hit. But since then the poverty and vulnerability of many people has been exacerbated by the measures taken to suppress the virus. As a result, Cayman’s Good Samaritan Food Bank welcomed $124,000 raised by the […]
Cayman Food Bank needs urgent donations
(CNS Local Life): With an increasing number of people struggling to keep up with basic needs, the Cayman Food Bank desperately needs food and cash donations to keep up with demand. The Food Bank said that continuing to deliver hot meals and groceries to those in need “is a partnership with the community and cannot […]
