Food bank supplies held up in Straights of Hormuz

We need to go to f*cking Africa and pay to get rice for our food bank in Toronto?

Daily Bread Food Bank says ship carrying $90K worth of food destined for Toronto was ‘hit’ in the Strait of Hormuz

According to the U.K. Maritime Trade Operations Centre, three cargo ships were struck by some kind of projectile while passing through the strait on Wednesday. One was identified as a Thai-flagged vessel with 23 crew members on board.

In an interview with CTV News Toronto on Wednesday, Daily Bread Food Bank CEO Neil Hetherington claimed that one of those three ships was carrying food that was intended for the Toronto-based organization.

“Right now, we are purchasing dozens of containers with rice primarily,” Hetherington explained. . . Hetherington added that each container they order costs the food bank about $15,000, so he believes they lost about $90,000 worth of product.

So, perhaps there aren’t losses, but rather delays. But, a delay means a meal not on the table of somebody that needs it. Our hope is that the sailors are safe and that the food gets to the individuals,

Bring food in from the Middle and Far East to rich and overfed Canada when we’re bombarded daily with stories of starvation in Ethiopia and The Sudan?

$90,000 worth of rice in containers… RUFKM?

Personally I wouldn’t give a single grain of rice to ANY food bank… it’s the government’s responsibility to provide food to its needy citizens.

A while back, the Manager of the food bank in here in Vancouver was fired because she spent money donated, on artwork for her apartment, rather than for food supplies. She was also on an executive type salary at the time and her severance pay was in the 5 figure.