More than one million meals to be delivered across Australia by 2030
PR_Sodexo_Nintirri_Mar24One of Australia’s leading facilities management organisations has stepped up to help alleviate cost of living pressures affecting vulnerable communities’ access to nutritious and fresh food in some of Australia’s most remote locations.
In late 2023 Sodexo Australia (Sodexo) signed a partnership with non-profit community centre, Nintirri, to donate 45 meals weekly to help feed diabetic community members and at-risk Indigenous Elders living in Tom Price in Western Australia’s Pilbara region.
Since commencing the program in January 2024, Sodexo has broadened its commitment pledging one million meals delivered to communities where it operates by 2030.
Sodexo Australia Managing Director, Keith Weston, said:
“Asanorganisation,wehavetodoourbittoStopHunger.Throughpartnershipswithcommunity,Foodbank,andTraditionalOwnerorganisationswecanchangethisonemealatatime.
WebelieveinareconciledAustraliawhichispromotedthroughenhancedculturallysafepartnerships—seenthroughourcurrentengagementwithorganisationssuchasNintirri.
Outside of metro locations inconsistent supply and inflated costs due to freight has caused Indigenous communities to experience food insecurity. By removing the uncertainty around where their next meal is coming from with our Memorandum of Understanding in Tom Price, we deliver tangible outcomes for at risk members of the community through the Nintirri food security pilot program.”
The Australian Institute of Family Studies report that almost one third of the Indigenous population experience food insecurity in regional and remote areas of Australia.
Sodexo recognises the growing barriers to accessing nutritious food, and by entering into the Nintirri Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) the organisation commits to enhancing outcomes for individuals who otherwise would struggle to get adequate food on the table.
To address the need of this disadvantaged group, Community Health Nurse for Nintirri and IBN, Mara Neale, calls for more active corporate role models, like Sodexo.
Neale said:
