The Tribune

KFC Nassau began its annual quest to alleviate hunger and poverty in the Bahamas with the launch of KFC parent company Yum! Brand’s world hunger relief campaign.

This global charitable cause, which helps raise awareness and funds to aid the growing hunger crisis, helps to feed more than 90 million people in more than 70 countries worldwide through local hunger relief agencies, such as Hands for Hunger in the Bahamas.

With the risk of starvation still being an under-reported yet major problem in many countries, including the Bahamas, KFC Nassau wanted to join the fight to reverse the trend.

From November 4 through December 15, customers can join KFC Nassau in the fight against hunger by making a donation while visiting any of KFC’s nine locations in New Providence. “We’re proud to support this year’s world hunger relief initiative as there are still many within our community struggling with food insecurity, which at times goes unnoticed,” said Gabriel Sastre, vice president and general manager of Restaurants (Bahamas) Ltd, the KFC franchise holder in Nassau.

Half of all funds raised through the KFC Nassau and world hunger relief initiative will stay in the Bahamas and go directly to providing much needed food to needy locals through Hands for Hunger, which works year-round to improve the lives of many in the community who lack access to nutritional meals on a daily basis. The other half of the funds raised will be sent to the United Nations World Food Programme, the world’s largest humanitarian agency fighting hunger.