Food Not Bombs rebuilding after Typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan).

Updated September 17, 2018 Updates on the relief effort for the survivors of Hurricane Florence and Typhoon Mangkhut



PLEASE GIVE TODAY! Our volunteers are on the front lines again. Help Food Not Bombs respond to Florence and Typhoon Mangkhut. We are also responding to the Refugee crisis from the wars in the Middle East.



FLASHPOINTS RADIO REPORT ON FOOD NOT BOMBS SANDY RELIEF EFFORT

Volunteers from Staten Island, Long Island, and Brooklyn report on need to respond. Many thousands of people are homeless and tens of thousands may not get power for months. The shocking story not told by commercial radio aired on Pacifica Radio.



Report on the relief effort in the Philippine



Sharing food on the Rockaways after Sandy Sharing food on coney Island after Sandy The disasters we are facing are unprecedented. Climate change is causing huge problems. We have several hundred Food Not Bombs groups in and near the area hit by Sandy. Your local Food Not Bombs group may already be providing food and logistical support and can use your help. Food Not Bombs has often been the first to provide aid after earthquakes, hurricanes, tornados, floods, heat waves, riots, forest fires, terrorist attacks, droughts, economic crisis and other disasters. Setting out the food at the Rockaways A Food Not Bombs kitchen in New York after Sandy Our volunteers were first to provide food after the 1989 San Francisco Earthquake, Hurricane Katrina, the attacks on the World Trade Center, the 2008 economic collapse and now Sandy. We are also often the last to end our relief efforts. The American Red Cross asked those seeking relief after the 1989 San Francisco Earthquake and Katrina to call our toll free number 1-800-84-1136 for food and logistical support. We have made a point to have this number staffed in person which is important in the event of a crisis since people may not be able to have access to electricity and need immediate support. The need for emergency disaster relief is increasing with more extreme weather devastates communities and the economic crisis grows more dire. As a result your support is needed more then ever. We not only need financial support but we need volunteers to help collect food. We also need vehicles, tools, cooking equipment, communications equipment and medical professionals.



Sharing food after Sandy The busy Sandy relief kitchen on November 5, 2012



The impact of these disasters can have lasting impact. We may be required to set up Food Not Bombs field kitchens for long periods of time and can use additional volunteer support. We will also require assistance buying propane, fuel and other resources.



The crisis often is not really over once the media turns their attention the next disaster. Sympathy often evaporates as soon as news of the disaster moves to the next story. Many survivors of past disasters are now considered regular members of America's homeless population and require our continued support. We are still providing meals to families that lost their homes during Katrina and many people made homeless by the 2008 housing foreclosure crisis still depend on our meals. The sympathy witnessed during the initial disaster quickly changes to organized campaigns designed to criminalize and drive the survivors out of sight. We not only find ourselves working to provide food and resources but we frequently find it necessary to defend the rights of these survivors. WE ARE ASKING ALL FOOD NOT BOMBS GROUPS TO HELP.

( Groups impacted by the typhoon are encouraged to contact us with your needs. )



Many Food Not Bombs chapters are struggling to help Please email us your city, phone number and email address to menu@foodnotbombs.net. We will add you to our lists in these categories.



A. Vehicles able to bring food and volunteers.

B. Food and cooking equipment ready to pick up on the way to the staging areas.

C. Collection areas for food, funds and equipment in your local area.

D. Solar power equipment .





These are some of the things you can do to help us respond effectively to these disasters.



Organize a meeting - calling, emailing and posting flyers about the need for people to help and remember to include the day, time and location of the meeting. At the meeting organize committees that will focus on seeking food donations, propane stoves, tanks of gas, tables and cooking equipment. Ask another committee to recruit more volunteers and organize another committee responsible for transportation. Another committee can organize benefit concerts and other fundraising projects. Choose a time, date and location for where your vehicles will gather to take the trip to the disaster area. Collect 25 and 50 pound bags of rice, beans, 25 and 50-pound bags of rice, beans, black-eyed peas, lentils and any other large amounts of dry goods, pasta cooking oil, spices and other non perishable food. We can also use propane stoves, kitchen equipment, pop up tents, sleeping tents, folding tables, water jugs, toothpaste, soap, shampoo, socks, medical equipment, batteries and other personal items. Once on site you can organize your kitchen and encourage survivors to help prepare the next meal. This will be very helpful to those who may have lost their homes giving them a useful task to help ease their pain. They can help you set up the kitchen equipment, join your volunteers in collecting locally discarded produce, bread and other surplus food. Other volunteers can seek a source of fresh water and organize the resupply of water to the kitchen. Contact us to report on your progress and request support by emailing our office at menu@foodnotbombs.net or calling us at 1-800-884-1136.



IF YOU CAN VOLUNTEER PLEASE EMAIL US TODAY! menu@foodnotbombs.net



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Food Not Bombs

P.O. Box 422, Santa Cruz, CA 95061 USA

575-770-3377

1-800-884-1136

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