What we need

• You have to sign up on breadline.hk to join our bread run
• Go to bakeries across Hong Kong to recover surplus bread
• We need volunteers who are independent and reliable
• Our app provides real-time bread information to support volunteers
• Volunteers bring at least 2 big shopping bags to load the bread
• One-timers or regular volunteers are all welcome
• After collection, drop off bread at Sheung Wan or Tsim Sha Tsui

Background

Everyday in Hong Kong, over 3,250 tonnes of food waste are dumped into landfills, while one in five people live in poverty and struggle to eat. Breadline is Hong Kong’s first public digital platform for food rescue. Volunteers connect with bakeries on Breadline.hk to rescue leftover bread using real-time updates to make every run count. Together, we save resources from being wasted and we support the homeless; low-income families; refugees and their children and the elderly poor, by delivering bread the same night to our grassroots partners. Our Bread Run events are on every Monday and Friday (including public holidays) between 6pm and 9.30pm

What we have

We have a world-class website that allows volunteers to make decisions in real-time and reach maximum efficiency: you won't be wasting time going to shops that have no bread and you will be able to choose the ones with larger haul to pick! We have a core support team who will liaise with you via mobile during each Bread Run and give you advice or assist you at any time. Our drivers and Drop Point Managers will be welcoming you at our Drop Points

Why this is important

Breadline has grown from a small, four-friends activity to a large city-wide endeavour involving 120 bakeries, thousands of volunteers, three cars, 5 bakery chains and 4 NGOs. We need your help to ensure no bread is ever going wasted! Our present recovery rate is over 95% but with your help we'd like to get to 100%!!

Project Period

11 Sep 2023 - 11 Sep 2023

Location

All across Hong Kong