Alok Institute and Associação Gastromotiva (Gastromotiva Association), came together to represent and indorse everyone’s right to have adequate food, and to support food and nutrition education.
Gastromotiva prioritizes the professional qualification of low-income youth and adults, and local development of communities and peripheral territories whose populations are in a social vulnerable situation. Gastromotiva works are based on 53 social kitchens in Brazilian communities located in Rio de Janeiro, State of Rio de Janeiro; in São Paulo, State of São Paulo; and in Curitiba, State of Paraná.
Founded by chef and social entrepreneur David Hertz, the Social Kitchens act directly to fight hunger and food waste.
Along with other organizations and companies, the partnership strengthens the Social Kitchen Training Program, which includes:
- Direct assistance to communities in situations of social vulnerability and food insecurity (low-income individuals and families), through the provision of 360 thousand meals projected for the year 2021.
- Workshops for the use of all the edible parts of food, and nutrition education for families served by Social Kitchens. The workshops promote awareness and reach indirect impact to around 600 people.
- Training of social cooks with a focus on human development, social gastronomy and entrepreneurship.
- Helping to develop projects and social businesses with a view to generating income and employability in the field of gastronomy.
- Monitoring in its three institutional bases (Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo and Curitiba), 150 families in a situation of food insecurity.
The implementation of the Social Kitchen Training Program is Gastromotiva’s most important strategic objective, with a view to expanding its methodology throughout Brazil and abroad.
About Gastromotiva:
Association that uses food as a tool for social transformation through education, inclusion and combating waste. It works to generate positive social impact in Brazil, Mexico and El Salvador, and supports social gastronomy projects around the world through the Social Gastronomy Movement.
