Food is a catalyst for connection and comfort, a symbol of culture and collaboration that unites across divides. Its nourishment often goes beyond what we eat, as restaurants across Asia are showing by using food as a basis for enterprises that create social change and transform lives.
Hong Kong-based social enterprise Gingko House empowers elderly people by giving them job opportunities while feeding people experiencing hunger through its Love Project, a programme that provides free meals to beneficiaries, who include homeless people, low-income families, senior residents and those who are unemployed. Thanks to volunteers and donors, 1,000 rice boxes are given out each day among four venues. “Our main focus is hiring senior citizens with financial and emotional
