{"id":28529,"date":"2015-11-19T16:57:39","date_gmt":"2015-11-19T16:57:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/altcardiff\/?p=28529"},"modified":"2015-11-19T16:57:39","modified_gmt":"2015-11-19T16:57:39","slug":"food-collections-for-local-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/2015\/11\/19\/food-collections-for-local-children\/","title":{"rendered":"Food collections for local children"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Titled as the Hungry for Justice Campaign, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cardiffstudents.com\/activities\/society\/ahlulbayt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cardiff Ahlul Bayt Islamic Society<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/absoc.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Absoc<\/a>) has planned a food donation drive for poverty stricken children in Cardiff from 16 to 20 November.<\/p>\n<p>Based on the latest statistics, these are an estimated 17,440 children (24 per cent of the total) who live in poverty, the highest in Wales.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_28531\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"width: 480px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2015\/11\/donated-food.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-28531 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2015\/11\/donated-food.jpg\" alt=\"Food donations\" width=\"480\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2015\/11\/donated-food.jpg 480w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2015\/11\/donated-food-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-28531 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2015\/11\/donated-food.jpg\" alt=\"Food donations\" width=\"480\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2015\/11\/donated-food.jpg 480w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2015\/11\/donated-food-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a> Absoc will pass on all donations to the Cardiff Foodbank<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The Cardiff Ahlul Bayt Islamic Society is a religious society that is based all over the UK and is sponsoring the campaign for the second time.<\/p>\n<p>Absoc has tied up with other faith based societies to collect non-perishable food items for local food banks (in this case <a href=\"http:\/\/cardiff.foodbank.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cardiff Foodbank<\/a>), in addition to planning interfaith events to raise awareness about poverty in the UK.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_28532\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"width: 480px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2015\/11\/food-donations.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-28532\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2015\/11\/food-donations.jpg\" alt=\"Food Donations\" width=\"480\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2015\/11\/food-donations.jpg 480w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2015\/11\/food-donations-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-28532\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2015\/11\/food-donations.jpg\" alt=\"Food Donations\" width=\"480\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2015\/11\/food-donations.jpg 480w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2015\/11\/food-donations-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a> Unlike the above picture, food donations can be made in yellow bins placed around the Cardiff University campus<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Majid Hussain, an active volunteer and student at Cardiff University, said, \u201cIt is a good opportunity to do some good in the world, make a positive difference.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Cardiff Ahlul Bayt Islamic Society is running a food drive for children in the 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