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Meet our chef from Ghana
For educational community events to be possible at all, our local teams need cooks in addition to logistics staff to prepare the meals that are distributed at the events for 20 plastic bottles. Without their commitment, our social environmental project would not be possible, which is why we would like to introduce you to one of our cooks from Ghana. Augustina is a woman who not only cooks with dedication, but also with a deep sense of responsibility. At every Buy Food with Plastic community event, she prepares meals for over 200 people – and especially for the children from the villages of Dwabor and Abayee, these meals mean much more than just filling their stomachs. With great care, she...
Buy Food with Plastic Ghana - the founding story
After we told you how Buy Food with Plastic has grown and started operating in India thanks to Shakti, we would now like to take the time to tell you about another encounter that influenced the story of Buy Food with Plastic. This is the story of the encounter with George Kwame Quansah, the current Country Manager of Buy Food with Plastic in Ghana, and thus his story and the founding story of Buy Food with Plastic Ghana: In a small fishing village called Elmina, right on the coast of Ghana, lives Kwame, a young tour guide. Every morning, he leads curious tourists through the historic fort and tells them the stories and secrets of his country. In the afternoon,...
Buy Food with Plastic India - the founding story
Sometimes, in-person meetings are not necessary to connect with one another. Our team has learned this again and again over the years. Through social media, our paths come together in ways that are not predictable. This was also the case with the virtual meeting with Shakti, our Country Manager in India. This was an important moment in the history of Buy Food with Plastic, which is why we want to tell this story now: In the bustling streets of Bhandup, a slum in Mumbai, Shakti Yadav grew up. Life there was a daily struggle: the narrow alleys, overcrowded homes, and the smell of waste shaped his childhood. But the biggest problem that concerned him even as a young boy was...