Latest figures reveal that during the first two weeks of Ramadan around 20,000 meals, worth more than BD300,000, were donated to needy families and individuals in Bahrain.
The Conserving Bounties Society, which operates the Bahrain Food Bank (BFB) spearheaded the annual initiative, which began in 2014. Figures for the second half of the holy month will be released in the coming weeks.
The group’s chief executive Ahmed Al Kuwaiti believes that this campaign has helped significantly reduce the amount of food waste in the kingdom, subsequently leading to a decrease in the amount sent to landfill.
