Sixty families in Barangay Dayap of Calauan, Laguna became the newest beneficiaries of the Food Share Program, an ongoing initiative by Okada Foundation, Inc. (OFI) and partner organization Kabisig ng Kalahi (KnK).
The food share program facilitates the creation of a community garden. It also empowers beneficiaries with the means to cultivate crops for food or as a supplementary source of income.
In 2023, OFI pledged P25 million as funding for the initiative and partnered up with KnK to execute the program in different communities in the country. At the Food Share Program’s launching ceremony in Brgy. Dayap beneficiaries were also given a bag of rice each.
In a message, OFI President James Lorenzana shared the foundation’s gladness in the continued success of the initiative.
“We’re happy to find that more Filipinos from different communities are beginning to enjoy the benefits of the Food Share Program: a supply of nutritious food and the chance to secure better income for their families,” said Lorenzana.
KnK Founder Victoria Wieneke shared plans to establish a community library, which she hoped would be a source of education and leisure for Brgy. Dayap’s locals.
The Food Share Program, according to Lorenzana, is in line with OFI’s missions “to address food security for Filipino families.”
