In WFP, our top priority and main goal is to raise awareness and action about food insecurity and starvation and contribute to achieving the Sustainable Development Goal of Zero Hunger, centred around Thailand, especially in areas suffering from poverty.

It can be incredibly difficult for communities to have easy access to safe, nutritious and reliable meals, which are essential for worldwide health and well-being. In 2025, Thailand ranked 50th out of 123 countries for the global hunger index, with a score of 9.7. However, around 3 million people in Thailand are undernourished, with 1 million children being underweight according to their height. WFP hopes to help reduce these numbers in the hope of being able to provide everyone with reliable, nutritious and safe food every day. We are aiming to do this by hosting an annual food drive in December to give to support the community in Khlong Toei. Additionally, to raise awareness about the difficulties of living in poverty, WFP hosts an annual MasterChef competition in February at school, which has been adapted to make students understand how difficult it can be to live on a budget or just on staple foods.   

Our annual Food Drive is one of the most important projects that we run each year. Our goal is to collect as many food donations as possible for the families in the Nong Mai community in Khlong Toei. We made a standardised list of the ingredients that the people of the Nong Mai community need most: UHT milk, rice, glass noodles, fish sauce, oyster sauce, vegetable oil, and canned tuna. These are the ingredients that we ask the secondary school students to donate. Once we receive those donations, we pack them into boxes to deliver them personally to the people of the Nong Mai community. Last year, we were able to donate approximately 130 boxes, and this year, we were able to increase that number to 142! Through our Food Drive, we aim to raise more awareness about food insecurity, especially in Thailand and how the donations can make a big impact on people’s lives. On behalf of WFP, we thank everyone for supporting our club and making the donations every year, as your support helps to improve the lives of many families in the Nong Mai community. We hope you will continue supporting this initiative and help us make an even greater difference in more people’s lives.

Another exciting activity that we host is the MasterChef competition each school year in March: highly anticipated by students across Secondary School, the event offers a chance to enter, as groups, into a fast-paced challenge to create a meal that adheres to our specifications – and at the end of each day, judges will taste-test and choose a winning team. MasterChef combines teamwork, strategy and adherence to our values in order to spread awareness for our cause: food insecurity and world hunger. Each group must produce a meal which follows a certain theme, aiming to teach about the struggles and strategies that come with nutrition in disadvantaged communities. For example, students are instructed to create dishes under a certain budget, showing how those living in poverty struggle with limited income for food, dishes with the essential components needed for a healthy diet (e.g. carbohydrates, sugars, proteins and vitamins), suggesting how those struggling can still maintain strength and good health with minimal ingredients, and dishes with striking flavours, implying the essential role that underprivileged groups have in culinary history and innovation. We’ve also included fun challenges, like creating the most colourful meal or the meal with the fewest ingredients! Students can achieve extra points by leaving no food waste and cleaning up their cooking stations, instilling good habits that will aid them as they begin to grow more independent. Overall, MasterChef invites plenty of opportunities to educate Patana about the prevalent food and hunger crises today, as well as exercise collaboration, creativity and friendly competition across year groups. 

 WFP is always looking for new members and support, so if you or your child would like to take a stand against food insecurity and hunger worldwide, and learn essential teamwork, leadership and planning skills, please contact us at jhgo27@patana.ac.th, aili26@patana.ac.th or vist27@patana.ac.th to join the team! We have weekly meetings on Tuesdays at Mr Lyon’s room (HUM-112).