Food‧Share‧Love 「食物。分享。愛」
Connect ACE (Ambassador for Community Engagement) organized a series of services to address the hunger issue in Hong Kong and provide food to people who are in need. Volunteers collected unsold vegetables in wet markets, then sort and redistributed the vegetables to those in need. Some worked with two kind-hearted restaurant owners to provide food to the elderly and to homeless people. Through participating in the service, students learned more about food wastage and also heard inspiring stories about others who reached out to give back to the community.
Student Sharing
The ‘Food Share Love’ service gave me a chance to experience much about food surplus and waste. I enjoyed the conversation with market stall owners and also the gratitude from those who receive the food. I was shocked by the amount of surplus generated daily even in wet market. I felt the effort we volunteer gave was put to good use. In the future, I hope to aid NGOs in tackling food surplus continuously.
Thomas
SSCI, Year 3
There are some problems in the society that are solvable but only need someone to step out to take the initiative and to help like handling food waste. I am glad to see some local restaurants and NGOs are willing to step out despite lacking help from the government. As a university student, I think we should engage ourselves more into the society and offer our help. Together we can make a difference.