The Rice Raiser

The Rice Raiser is a food drive / fund raiser designed to feed the poor both locally and internationally at the same time. This innovative project is beginning in Canada, but is also available to any country that would like to participate in the Rice Raiser to help eradicate hunger throughout the world.

Here’s how it works

Students commit to collecting packaged bags of rice and funds. The two go hand in hand. All the rice they collect will be distributed to local people in need through the food bank in their community. All the cash money they raise will be sent to developing nations through registered charities and will be used to purchase emergency food or things needed to produce food for the hungry.

Three ways you can respond:

  1. You donate packaged rice.
  2. You give a lump sum of money.
  3. You sponsor a student for every kilogram he or she is able to collect.

Example: student collects 20 kg and you sponsor them for $1.00 per kg. That would amount to your pledge being $20.00 and so forth.

The choice is yours; to help feed people in our own community or internationally, in developing countries…or you can do both. However you decide to respond, you will be helping people receive their most basic need…food.

The Rice Raiser Pilot – 2005

The Rice Raiser ran a pilot program in 2005 in which students from MEI Secondary School participated. The results were: 3000 people in developing countries were provided food for one week from the funds that were raised and the local food bank was supplied with 842 kilograms of rice to feed those in need within the community. These great results showed that the Rice Raiser is a good and inclusive way for people to work together to combat global hunger.

The Annual Rice Raiser Campaign – 2006

The Rice Raiser 2006 Campaign runs from January 9 – 31. Everyone is welcome to participate but the focus this first year is on Abbotsford, BC and as it develops, the Rice Raiser will grow and multiply itself to other communities. Please let us know if you would like the Rice Raiser to come to your community next year.