By Jeff Lee
The end of 2023 was busy with many projects with the Food Bank of Macedonia and our many partners. In November we collected two tons of food from our partnership with QSI International School. This was the sixth consecutive year that we have collected foodfrom QSI. It is a great event. The kids get excited about getting their parents to donate food. Much of the food collected this year has gone to families in some of the poorest areas of Skopje. Many families are struggling because of unemployment and highprices of food. We also completed a chicken farm construction with our partner at Poraka. Poraka is a group home for adults with developmental delays. The organization wants to provide opportunities for the beneficiaries to engage with society as well as provide resources to meet their needs. CBF and the Food Bank of Macedonia partnered together to construct a chicken barn for 100 chickens at the group home facility. They are collecting 75-85 eggs per day for their use in the facility.