Helping hands: Volunteers helping to sort and pack items at Food From the Heart’s warehouse in Singapore. — The Straits Times/ANN
FOOD charities are appealing for donations of money from the public to buy food directly from suppliers to meet the increasing demand from the needy for food aid amid the coronavirus pandemic.
It will also help deal with the shortage of volunteers who help prepare and distribute food essentials since stricter social-distancing measures were announced last week. Charities like Food From The Heart are also forced to buy directly from importers due to purchase limits imposed by supermarkets.
“That’s why we have started a donation drive on Giving.sg, so that we can do the purchasing of food by working with the suppliers directly, ” said Food From The Heart chief executive Sim Bee Hia.
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