Nonprofit Powerpoint

1. Project
Oasis
Jhordan Howard
Cycle 49

2. Mission Statement
To provide accessible and
sustainable sources of nutritious
food to communities that reside in
food deserts.

3. The Roots of the Issue
• Hunger: Distress attributed to lack of
food; when a person/group suffers from
food insecurity
• Undernutrition (>1800 cal)
• Not just calories
• Malnourishment = UNBALANCED
• Food security: When someone has
accessible and sustainable sources of safe,
nutritious food
• More than enough food is produced + We
have the resources = NOBODY should go
hungry
• Nearly 39.5 million people live in low-
income, low-access areas (a.k.a. FOOD
DESERTS)
• Usually in inner-city, predominantly
nonwhite neighborhoods
• Covid-19 made things even worse (The
Pandemic Intensified Chicago’s Food
Deserts in the South and West Sides)

4. Numbers Don’t Lie

5. So What Are We Going to Do About It?
• EMPOWERMENT
• Provide resources
• Sustainable
• Locally sourced
• Teach the people how to cultivate them
• The best way to make resources sustainable? Help the recipients sustain them
• Don’t just help them; teach them how to help themselves

6. How We’re Solving It
• Food banks
• Gardens
• Grocery stores
• Restaurants
• Keep the party going
• Cooking classes
• Gardening classes
• You got the talent, now here are the tools
• Cooking equipment
• Gardening equipment

7. Board
• Ellen C. McKnight
• Michelle Obama
• Brian J. Parker
• Adrienne Moncure
• Joaquin Jackson

8. Possible Partnerships
• Action Against Hunger
• The Hunger Project
• Bread for the World
• Feeding America
• Rise Against Hunger
• World Food Programme