Prince George residents are invited to a community screening of a new short documentary film, ‘Restoring Landscapes, Strengthening Communities.”
The film showcases the transformation of lives and communities through the work of Canadian Foodgrains Bank and its partners.
“We’re a collective of 15 Christian agencies working together to end global hunger, so we’re addressing global food insecurity issues,” said B.C. Regional Representative Jet Takaoka. “It’s about at 20 minute film which shows our effort, our very successful effort I might add, over the past three years, regenerative and conservation agriculture.”
Takaoka said that’s helping in communities where land has been overgrazed, overworked, deforested, or subjected to unsustainable practices where the productivity of the land has gone down.
Aside from the film introducing the work of the organization, Takaoka said there will be a talk hosted by Lilian Zheke, who is a representative of the organization from Zimbabwe.
“Lilian will be speaking for another 20 minutes or so about her work and specifically Lilian will be talking about some of the individuals who have been positively impacted and really seen a turnaround in how they live,’ Takaoka explained.
Takaoka added what they want to convey that Canadians can make a difference around the world while making a difference at home.
“Reaching out to our global neighbours is just as much in our own self-interest as it is to care about our literal next door neighbours,” he said. “We’re keenly aware there are issues here at home, that’s why I allude to that, but we have an opportunity to really raise living standards for people, maybe they’re not top of mind each and every day, but a stable world where people have enough to eat, where they have a livelihood, where their children can go to school, where there’s access to clean water, that kind of stability is good for all of us.”
Takaoka added they want to convey a message of hope as well.
“We have a really good news story tonight, this Nature+ initiative, over the past three years we’ve impacted some 398,000 individuals in a positive way,” he explained. “That’s just from our first three-year assessment at the end of this cycle.”
The documentary will be screened tonight (Tuesday) at the First Baptist Church located at 483 Gillett Street, starting at 7:00 p.m.
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