The Switzerland-based Aurora Light Foundation yesterday donated US$40,000 to the Taichung Ta-tun Food Bank to help approximately 4,000 households in Taichung, the founder of the food bank said.
It was the first donation ever received by the food bank from overseas, said Taichung City Government’s Department of Social Affair, which established the organization last year to help the poor and needy.
With donations declining since last year, the food bank was facing a fund shortage after this year’s Lunar New Year, department director Chang Guo-huei (張國輝) said.
Aurora Light Foundation in Asia chief executive Huang Shih-ming (黃世明) allocated the US$40,000 after hearing about the food bank’s financial difficulties and reporting it to the foundation’s headquarters.
Aurora Light Foundation is a charitable organization dedicated to assisting any country or organization in need, Huang said, adding that other cities in Taiwan are also eligible to apply for funding.
During the donation ceremony, Aurora Light Foundation founder Andrew Johnson told Taichung Mayor Jason Hu (胡志強) he hoped the money could help the financially disadvantaged.
Hu assured him that the food bank would use the money to assist the under-privileged.
Chang said the fund would be distributed in four installments before June next year.
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