Food for All Africa, West Africa's largest food recovery and redistribution organization, marked a major milestone yesterday, celebrating 10 years of dedicated service in addressing food insecurity and reducing food waste and poverty across Ghana.
Founded in 2015, Food for All Africa has grown from a grassroots campaign into the first and largest food bank in West Africa. Today, the organization runs major food redistribution operations from its warehouses in Greater Accra and Ashanti Regions, serving thousands of vulnerable and low-income Ghanaians every week.
Over the past decade, Food for All Africa has achieved remarkable success, including:
- Recovering and redistributing over 5 million kilograms of surplus food
- Delivering over 10 million meals to vulnerable children, elderly, and people living with disabilities
- Launching LunchBox, a private sector-led school feeding and nutrition program improving outcomes for thousands of pupils across schools in Ghana
- Supporting over 3,000 mothers and infants with specialized nutrition care
- Responding to national crises, including the COVID-19 pandemic, distributing food to over 200,000 individuals through its COVID-19 Community Emergency Intervention Program and Food for Ghana's Frontline campaign
To mark its tenth anniversary, Food for All Africa is pioneering a Black Soldier Fly (BSF) Farming Hub at its Offinso warehouse in the Ashanti Region. The facility will serve as a circular agriculture innovation centre, processing organic food waste into high-protein animal feed and compost fertilizer for agricultural use. This initiative aims to reduce the organization's reliance on food and monetary donations, promote environmental resilience, create income-generating opportunities, and incentivize community participation.
The success of the BSF project is underpinned by a technical capacity-building partnership with the International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology in Nairobi, Kenya, and the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research. Six Food for All Africa team members have undergone intensive training at ICIPE, equipping them with practical skills in insect farming, waste-to-feed conversion systems, and sustainable agribusiness operations.
Food for All Africa will formally launch a fundraising campaign in August 2025 to support the construction and scaling of the BSF facility. The organization invites partners, philanthropists, and the public to be part of building a sustainable future for food security in Ghana. As CEO and Founder Elijah Amoo Addo said, "Our next decade begins with innovation, inclusion, and impact. Let's feed Ghana sustainably—together."
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