In Lebanon, 30% of the population lives under the poverty line (4$/day) with 10% of these living under extreme poverty conditions (less than 2.5%/day). Despite having recorded the highest percentage of poverty in Lebanon, the areas of Beka'a and Akkar receive very little to no attention and/or aid compared to the city Beirut and other areas whose needs might not be as urgent or as big. Moreover, with the current Syrian refugee situation, Lebanon is safe haven to the highest percentage of Syrian refugees in comparison with other hosting countries – indeed, 1 in every 5 Lebanese residents is Syrian. That's a lot of mouths to feed. Unfortunately, most projects tackling food poverty are fund based and face a wall when funding is out.

Creating a nationwide sustainable network that connects relevant Socially Responsible Companies, such as restaurants, catering agencies and other food providers, with the Local Community, such as local citizens and NGOs, towards achieving the vision of a hunger-free Lebanon.

Foodblessed has helped: Feed more than 250 000 beneficiaries Distributed 2000+ foodblessed Food Assistance Packages; Solicited more than 1000 volunteers Partnered with more than 300 foodblessed partners (food and non food companies alike) and 270 000+ foodblessed meals in total have been served.

Foodblessed is a local hunger relief initiative, community based, volunteer-driven, Youth-led, food rescue program providing an effective and efficient solution to hunger, while addressing the serious and growing problem of food waste in Lebanon. Working with strategic partners, including food and non-food companies, through recovering surplus food from events, organizing food drives, and fundraiser events to collect food (which includes surplus perishable food and non-perishable food items) and distribute it to local non-profit partners in need.  Creating a nationwide sustainable network that connects relevant Socially Responsible Companies, such as restaurants, catering agencies and other food providers, with the Local Community, such as local citizens and NGOs, towards achieving our VISION of a hunger-free Lebanon. To this end, we focus on two major issues: food rescue and the CSR of food (and non-food) companies. Driven by the need to reduce hunger in Lebanon, in early 2013, foodblessed was awarded in 2013 the ‘CSR in Action' Award for the category ‘Best Social Project on CSR' by Al Ahli Group and Ecole Superior des Affairs. In over a year, foodblessed was able to benefit more than 4000 people in need and counting with zero cases of food poisoning, was able to partner with more than 70 partners, participate as well as speak about its model in a number of local and regional conferences, and also to raise more than $30, 000 in in-kind (food and cash) from its partnerships, fundraisers, and donations.