Our foodbank distributes food hampers to nearly 600 families on a monthly basis, providing an estimated 3.7 million meals a year to the most at-risk in our society, from homeless individuals in Vancouver’s notorious DTES to newly arrived refugees from war-torn regions.

With post COVID-19 massively displacing jobs and inflation disproportionately affecting our most at-risk, seniors and the poor, we’re facing increasing strain, over-extension and a sharp rise in demand for access to our foodbank. Offering essential front-line services, we are committed to continue efforts with all necessary support infrastructure. We need your support today to enable us to mobilize quickly and address the fast-changing needs of our community through the post COVID-19 plan that includes:

Essential Food Assistance

Prepackaging of essential food hampers to feed  up to 5,000 at-risk individuals including verified refugees, vulnerable elderly and the impoverished across the lower-mainland. This includes a dedicated team delivering essential food assistance to elders in the community.

Emergency Remote Caseworkers for the poor and needy including refugees, seniors, single parents and orphans

Thousands of resettled Afghan, Syrian, Somali and other refugees, representing a high percentage of our communities, rely on our services for support and to help them navigate our resources.

With self-isolation and other current measures imposed by the government during COVID-19, we brought back memories of overcrowded refugee camps and a traumatic state of being in ‘limbo’, the effects of which, especially on those with symptoms of PTSD, were disastrous. We minimize the adverse psychological consequences of the pandemic by continuing access to over a hundred qualified caseworkers trained in trauma-informed practices, providing one-on-one support. Additionally caseworkers offer an accessible source of credible information in common refugee languages, as opposed to social media rumours, to help them become self-reliant.