Investor Zandbergen.

Since 2008, family business Zandbergen has been investing in a world without hunger. First in our work in Benin through former business network Katakle, now as a member of the Game Changers network: a group of entrepreneurs and businesses investing sustainably in human, animal and nature in Mozambique.Sand Mountains is a renowned player in the international protein supply chain. With a wide range of animal, but also vegetable meat species, for example, the Beyond Meat Burger. Charlotte and Barbara Zandbergen tell about their involvement in The Hunger Project.

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The Hunger Project is mobilizing people to act on their own. The drive must really come from themselves. Actually, the same as entrepreneurship.

Charlotte, Joris and Barbara ZandbergenSandbergen World’s Finest Meat. And partner of The New Plant, producer of Beyond Meat.

Just now helping each other.

They’re pretty challenging times, and that affects one company more than the other. But it can always be worse: the poorest are hit hardest. So right now we have to help each other where we can. And who doesn’t want to contribute to the end of hunger? How you do that is a second question.

Entrepreneurial approach.

We were touched by the philosophy and entrepreneurial approach of The Hunger Project: They don’t see millions of mouths to feed, but millions of enterprising and resilient people. And they don’t give fish, they teach people to fish themselves.

On an investor trip to Benin.

In Benin, we saw for ourselves that it works. The Hunger Project stimulates and helps people to become self-reliant with a strong focus on women. And that really appeals to us.

"In Benin, we saw for ourselves that it works."

Charlotte, Joris and Barbara Zandbergen

Just like enterprise.

Actually, it’s like entrepreneurship: The Hunger Project mobilizes people to act on their own. The drive must really come from themselves. Like what we love most: engage with all the challenges that exist, every day, and with all the energy that it brings.

The importance of a varied meal.

The link to SDG2 #ZeroHunger makes sense for our food company Zandbergen World altogether. Both The Hunger Project and ours are about the importance of a varied meal. We provide people daily with their protein needs and see how important knowledge about nutrition is. In our business, we sometimes lack knowledge: we advise people to eat less meat, but if you eat meat then make sure it is of good quality. And nowadays there are also delicious vegetable meat products, such as the products of Beyond Meat.

In The Hunger Project’s nutrition programs, people learn how to eat variedly, with the sometimes limited resources available. How a local product like moringa has become an important source of food is wonderful to see!

Give something back to society.

If you want to support an initiative, you have to do so unconditionally. Because you really believe in it and want to give something back to society. Not because it makes you better. But the beauty of The Hunger Project are the always nice company visits and drinks . So you also get an interesting and varied network for free.

Partners wanted!

Want to know more about Game Changers? Or join this investor network? Contact us.

Annemarie de Groot-Bakker

Tel: 06-54 23 69 78

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Saskia Beugel

Tel: 06-30 41 18 83

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