by josiahmwd | Jul 15, 2018 | World Food Bank Team
As a physician, Dr. Joseph Ojwang has always been ambitious around his passion for health and medicine. But after losing both of his grandparents to liver disease, he felt a different kind drive – one that was aimed at understanding exactly what was causing this...
by josiahmwd | Jun 15, 2018 | World Food Bank Team
Ernest Kakwano firmly believes that the future of business, and our world, will belong to those with new ideas. It’s why, he says, he is proud to be part of the World Food Bank team. “New ideas must be implemented quickly in order to realize profit and serve humanity...
by josiahmwd | May 17, 2018 | News, World Food Bank Team
Our CEO Richard Lackey recently returned from Washington, D.C., where he spent two days this month attending his first meetings as an official member of BIFAD (the Board for International Food and Agricultural Development). Richard was recently appointed to serve as a...
by josiahmwd | May 15, 2018 | World Food Bank Team
Growing up in urban Uganda, Ronnie Kaddu spent a lot of leisure time visiting local farms and dissecting insects. It wasn’t all just for fun. As the son of a parasitologist who was studying how communicable diseases spread in rural villages, Ronnie’s father often...
by josiahmwd | Apr 23, 2018 | News, World Food Bank Team
President Donald J. Trump recently announced his intent to nominate World Food Bank Founder and CEO Richard Lackey to the U.S. Board for International Food and Agricultural Development (BIFAD). White House officials confirmed Mr. Lackey’s nomination to be a member of...
by josiahmwd | Apr 11, 2018 | News, World Food Bank Team
In 2010, Buzz Matthews helped his wife create and open a non-profit restaurant with the mission to give back to their home community of Denver, Colorado. The project aimed to nutritiously feed homeless and hungry people with dignity, through a...