World Job and Food Bank has its principal office in Calgary, Canada and is headed by Joseph Edison.  WJFB has an impressive record of sponsoring and creating 73 development projects in 17 countries.

Highlights

• Founder has helped to create one of the first Canadian Food Banks in Calgary with revenue exceeding US $130 million

• Developed and initiated a housing contract with a value exceeding US $20 million between Canadian and Mexican construction companies

• Procured twenty rail carloads of used farm equipment and machinery from Canada for agricultural development projects among poor Russian farmers

• Provided US $5 million in seeds for Russia, the Ukraine, Krimea, rural Siberia and Kazakhstan

• Procured US $2 million from the Government of Canada and the Province of Alberta to create 52 ongoing development and commercial projects in over thirteen countries

• Provided funding from the Province of Alberta to create 150 jobs for small to medium-sized cooperatives in Alberta, Canada

• Helped fund the construction of four sanitation projects in the suburbs of Jakarta, Indonesia which provided thousands of people with clean water

• Assisted with funding a feeding program for a teen drop-in centre in the City of Salgotarjan, Hungary

• Built a school in a mountain village of Sichuan, China so that 140 children can go to school

• Worked with Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) for a matching fund project with a budget of $440,000 to provide training to 151 elementary school teachers, vocational skills training for 240 farmers, and build four elementary schools to allow more than 600 children the opportunity to obtain a basic education in the mountain villages of Sichuan, China

Our Focus

• Job Creation
  As the mission statement says, the primary goal of WJFB is to help the poor in less developed countries to become able to help themselves. By creating income-generating small work cooperatives, WJFB helps to provide jobs and skills training for the poorest. These co-operatives have been in the form of poultry rearing, sewing and dress making, desktop publishing, and others.  Co-op members work together to develop and market their product, and share in the profits. Once fully trained, they can obtain jobs elsewhere, so that more needy people can join the co-op and learn skills.
   

• Preventative Health Care
  The WJFB works with rural, poverty stricken communities who have little or no access to doctors, hospitals, or health care of any sort. The infant mortality rate in these areas is high, and the children often die young from preventable diseases.  Projects designed by Partner NGOs and sponsored by WJFB, AAID, and CIDA, can provide outreach workers, and traveling doctors and nurses who go into these communities and teach the people. The communities learn about hygiene, natural and cheap medicines, nutrition, and preventative health care. Immunization programs are undertaken to stop the easily preventable deaths. Wells and Public Sanitation facilities provide clean water for a healthier population.
   

• Education & Skills Training
  Education is often the key to improving the living standards of the disadvantaged.  WJFB supports and sponsors several projects to build schools and provide literacy training to adults and children. This training is usually coupled with job skills training or health education.
   

• Agriculture
  WJFB helps farming communities in developing and implementing projects to grow food.  This food can then be sold to purchase other necessities or used by the community. An environmental focus is maintained through the use of greenhouse farming and soil conservation plans. More recently projects can benefit from solar energy powered irrigation systems and clean water supplies. Through improved food storage, farmers can keep their produce and sell when the market is most favorable. Previous to WJFB involvement, they would have had to sell cheaply as soon as the crops were harvested.
   

• Food Banks
  WJFB's founder helped to create one of the first Canadian Food Banks in Calgary as well as initiated the Brown Bagging it for Calgary Street Kids program which provides healthy lunches for youth living on the street. In addition WJFB helps to create international food banks, as well as providing food and other supplies to many international food banks.
   

• Humanitarian Projects
  Disaster Relief is an important focus of WJFB. Emergency projects include providing temporary shelter, food donations, and emergency aid and vaccinations during natural disasters such as flooding and earthquakes. WJFB is also involved in providing international shelters for the homeless, as well as rural development projects.
   

• Low Cost Housing/Infrastructure Development
  WJFB is hoping to implement international housing projects in order to provide shelter as well as housing technologies to several different developing countries including Bulgaria, Turkey, Venezuela, Columbia, and China. This housing project will also help assist in training local personnel in construction and maintenance of their homes and it is hoped that specialists in each country will be fully conversant with the issues and problems involved in the application of housing technology

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