Lo­cal trans­for­ma­tion re­source, Re­Think, has launched an ini­tia­tive aimed at bring­ing an end to hunger in T&T through a nov­el way prac­tised in sev­er­al parts of the world.The idea is quite sim­ple, easy to ex­e­cute and rev­o­lu­tion­ary in its im­pact on meet­ing the needs of so many who go hun­gry every day.

The idea is to col­lect good, whole­some food that is be­ing thrown away by restau­rants and su­per­mar­kets and do­nate it to those in need.

Ran­dom calls to many pop­u­lar food places re­vealed that own­ers were quite will­ing to do­nate the ex­cess food which would not be im­me­di­ate­ly per­ish­able or ex­pired if used at that time. Hun­dreds of thou­sands of dol­lars worth of good food can be found in the na­tion's trash bins each day while more chil­dren and adults go hun­gry. It is a cry­ing shame if not a sin.

The Feed the Need for Hap­pi­ness ini­tia­tive of Re­Think seeks to end this prac­tice by en­list­ing the sup­port of restau­rant and su­per­mar­ket own­ers across the is­land to al­low the food to be col­lect­ed by vans and dis­trib­uted di­rect­ly to the home­less as well as to NGOs.

The pro­gramme was launched by Re­Think on Fri­day in com­mem­o­ra­tion of Unit­ed Na­tions In­ter­na­tion­al Day of Hap­pi­ness, which is ob­served around the world on March 20.

Re­Think plans to fol­low the move by France by lob­by­ing to make T&T the sec­ond coun­try in the world to stop su­per­mar­kets from throw­ing away or de­stroy­ing un­sold food and en­sur­ing in­stead it is do­nat­ed to char­i­ties and food banks.Many lead­ing busi­ness peo­ple have em­braced the Re­Think ini­tia­tive and joined them on Fri­day in dis­trib­ut­ing the meals main­ly in the city.

Those wish­ing to be­come a part of the ini­tia­tive can call 622-3583 or vis­it the Re­Think web­site www.re­think.co.tt