A few words about us
Story
The Food for Life International Charity Mission is a world-renowned project to distribute vegetarian food to vulnerable groups of people. It was founded in 1974 by the great saint of our time, Srila Prabhupada. One day he saw children rummaging through a garbage bin in search of food, and being filled with compassion, he asked his followers to organise a free distribution of hot food with tears in his eyes. Today, the mission operates in more than 60 countries around the world, and in Ukraine since 1993. Every day, we distribute more than 1 million meals worldwide, more than 10,000 meals in Ukraine, and more than 500 meals in Odesa to the hungry and needy. We feed healthy vegetarian food to those who need it most: the elderly, people with disabilities, large families, as well as people in need due to epidemics, disasters, military conflicts, etc. Since the beginning of the war in Ukraine, these are mostly IDPs and refugees from the territories where military operations are ongoing. Today, amid the war on the territory of Ukraine, we are saving the lives of tens of thousands of people who have lost their homes or livelihoods.
Mission Principles Goals
In a human society, three basic needs should be available to everyone - education, healthcare and food. With this in mind, our mission is to provide hot meals to all those in need, regardless of their nationality or religion. and religious affiliation. Food is a universal human right. When you are hungry, it is urgent and difficult to think about anything else. The principles of mercy and compassion are very important in a civilised society. Through our activities, we strive to set an example of adherence to universal ideals, such as mercy, compassion, kindness, harmony, tolerance, non-violence, and humane treatment of every person regardless of their social status, nationality and worldview. Our goal is to continuously improve the quality of our service to people and increase the number of meals we distribute so that every person in need in our region can receive care in the form of a hot meal. Our goal for 2024-25 is to increase the number of meals per day from 500 to 1000. We are also raising funds to open our own kitchen, instead of a rented one.
The team of volunteers is formed by caring people who are ready to help others. Currently, about 70 people are involved in the project on a regular basis. The service is very diverse – peeling vegetables, cleaning the kitchen, distributing ready-to-eat meals, making purchases, managing social media, making reports, and much more. We are constantly looking for foreigners, people from all over the world with big hearts. For more information, please contact us on Telegram
Charitable Organisation ‘FOOD FOR LIFE.ODESA’
Organisation's documents
Food for Life Ukraine has been officially feeding people for over 20 years. You can view our documents to make sure we are reliable.
Identification code:
41264956
Address:
89 Uspenskaya St., Odesa, 65011, Ukraine
Contacts of the organisation:
+380 93 442 4385
foodforlifeodessa108@gmail.com
Organisation’s documents:
Certificate of state registration
Charter of the charity organisation ‘Food for Life’
Volunteers: Official list