iCARE FOOD BANK FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS (FAQ)

1. What is iCARE Food Bank?

Answer: It is an initiative of iCare Foundation of Hon. Babajimi Benson. The
iCare Food Bank is a nonprofit charitable organization that buys food and grocery
products and redistributes the items in a bag called ‘AAPO AANU or ‘MERCY
BAG’ to individuals and vulnerable families in need within Ikorodu Federal
Constituency.

2. Is the Food Bank for everyone?

Answer: No. The Food Bank is for a selected set of vulnerable/needy people in our
community i.e, elderly, widow, Unemployed, single parents .

3. How are beneficiaries selected?

Answer: Beneficiaries are nominated by Churches, Mosques,
CDA/CDC, various associations, community leaders etc
4. Do you use any criteria in the selection of beneficiaries?

Answer: Yes we do. We work to ensure that each beneficiary fits the pre-determined criteria set out by the ICARE foundation, by first educating the various
groups that provide us with the beneficiaries on the need to strictly adhere to our
set criteria.

5. Is Rice the only Food in the APO AANU Bag?

Answer: No. The APO AANU bag contains a variety of other nutritional food
items

6. Is this a onetime donation to the beneficiaries?

Answer: No. Each beneficiary is entitled to one AAPO AANU per month for 3
months, after which we will bring in another set of recipients for the same period.

7. Can anyone come to the food bank?

Answer: Bags will not be given to any walk-ins because we follow our agreed
selection process strictly.

8. Isn’t this Stomach Infrastructure?

Answer: No. The beneficiaries are unknown to us and not selected by our foundation, they are selected by people selected in 3 above. The initiative is also continuos.

9. What are you doing to ensure only the needy get your Food Bags?

Answer: We are aware that we may not be able to totally prevent this but we vet
all our beneficiaries. Our outreach officers will constantly investigate our
beneficiaries to weed out the unqualified ones.

10.How do I contact you for suggestion, participation, advise?

Answer: you can reach us via email basfornass@gmail.com or call us
on 08180777175 or visit our constituency office at Plot 48, Ebute Igbogbo Road,
Ikorodu Lagos State. (Beside Sholebo Gate on Ebute Igbogbo Road).

Signed
iCare Foundation