The Second Bite Competitors

One-third of all food produced in South Africa, approximately 10 million tons, is lost or wasted, while millions of people remain food insecure and malnourished. FoodForward SA is the largest NPO on the continent addressing food insecurity and food loss and waste at scale. We connect a world of excess to a world of need by recovering edible surplus food, which may not be sellable but is still perfectly safe to eat, from farmers, manufacturers, retailers, and other players across the food value chain. This food is redistributed to our national network of registered and vetted Beneficiary Organisations, collectively reaching nearly 1 million vulnerable people daily. In partnership with various stakeholders, we implement an integrated ecosystem that uses surplus food as a catalyst for social change, transforming the food waste crisis into a food security solution. Our innovative model actively promotes 11 of the UN’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

The South African Red Cross Society is a member organisation of the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), which is the largest volunteer driven organisation on earth. Our mission of the South African Red Cross Society is to render services to prevent, alleviate human suffering and to foster human dignity in all communities by addressing the basic needs of the people in accordance with the fundamental principles of the Red Cross Red Crescent Movement. Our vision is for the South African Red Cross Society (SARCS) to be a democratic service organization that is effective, high profile, dynamic, sensitive to the needs of all communities and acting within the fundamental principles of the Red Cross Red Crescent Movement. Our core work focuses significantly on health and care services in addition to community-led disaster risk reduction priorities. SA Red Cross Society also implements further programs that are off international significance, i.e. the restoration of Family Links, Dissemination of the Fundamental Principles and International Humanitarian Law (IHL). These programs are crucial for the SA Red Cross Society to be responsible during peacetime and times of conflict.

The Gift of the Givers Foundation is the largest disaster response, non-governmental organisation of African origin on the African continent. It works to unite people, with a common vision, to make a real and telling difference by serving mankind for the ‘Greater Good’ . Assistance is provided unconditionally; assisting the needy, irrespective of human or animal, race, religion, colour, class, political affiliation of geographic location. Since its inception in 1992, the organisation has been responsible for the delivery of life-saving goods and on-the-ground support for innumerable people, collectively valued at some R4.5 billion, in more than 45 countries across the globe, including South Africa. Gift of the Givers restores the hope and dignity of the most vulnerable in their time of need, rebuilding prosperous communities and empowering leaders of tomorrow.