CANADIAN FOODGRAINS BANK
Since its inception in 1983, the Foodgrains
Bank has worked in 98 developing countries.
The type of help it delivers depends upon the
need, the infrastructure and systems in place
to deliver the help, and the types of food items
that would be most useful to the population.
the help, and the types of food items that
would be most useful to the population.
Funds are spent on maize, oil,
salt, and lentils in sub-Saharan Africa,
and bread, tea, and pasta in Syria. The
Foodgrains Bank also provides food
vouchers to people in need, many of
whom have fled civil strife in their home
country and are now living as refugees in
neighboring countries that have restrictions
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The Foodgrains Bank also provides
funds to support agricultural projects
that help people in developing countries
farm their land in sustainable ways,
putting them more firmly on a path of
self sufficiency.
Gordon Janzen, regional representative
with the Foodgrains Bank, saw the
benefits of this kind of charitable effort
firsthand when he went on a tour earlier
this year of projects in Ethiopia. He says
he was inspired to see simple irrigation
systems introduced to land so severely
affected by drought that farmers were
struggling to produce even one rainfed
crop, but can now grow two or even three
high-value vegetable crops a year.
Amanda Thorsteinsson, communications
co-ordinator with the Foodgrains
Bank, provides another example of projects
that are aimed at helping people
provide food for themselves and their
families. In Kenya, a farmer field school
enables successful native farmers to
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