Introduction from the editor: Since 2014, Zambrero has been one of Rise Against Hunger’s most dedicated corporate partners in our mission to end world hunger. Through the restaurant franchise’s Plate 4 Plate initiative, Zambrero donates a meal for every burrito or bowl sold in its restaurants — and is projected to donate its 100 millionth meal later this year! Zambrero also hosts a Plate 4 Plate Day annually in October, bringing together staff in Australia, Ireland and the United Kingdom to package Rise Against Hunger meals.
Every year, Rise Against Hunger and members of the Zambrero team (called the Zam Fam) travel to one of the countries where Rise Against Hunger works to see firsthand the impact made possible by our partnership. For this year’s Vision Trip in early September 2025, Zambrero joined Rise Against Hunger U.S. and Rise Against Hunger Africa team members in South Africa.
During the visit, Rise Against Hunger and Zambrero packaged meals together, went to early childhood development centers where Rise Against Hunger meals are served to young children, and visited Rise Against Hunger-supported agriculture projects and the Zam Fam assisted with planting.

Emily Teh, CEO of Zambrero UK and one of the Zam Fam members on the trip, shared in a LinkedIn post that seeing the programs made possible by Rise Against Hunger and Zambrero’s partnership left a profound impact on her. She’s graciously allowed us to reshare her heartfelt message on our blog — check out what she had to say about the 2025 Vision Trip below!
From Emily Teh:
I had the privilege of taking part in Zambrero’s annual Vision Trip, along with a wonderful group of Zam Fam from Australia, Ireland and the UK.
We travelled to Johannesburg, where we were hosted by the incredible team at Rise Against Hunger, Zambrero’s charity partner, who distribute our Plate 4 Plate meals around the world.
Rise Against Hunger has a saying: “It starts with a meal.” We saw this firsthand when visiting early childhood development (ECD) centres around Johannesburg. Not only do Plate 4 Plate meals help children thrive with reliable nutrition, the money saved goes into improving facilities, and Rise Against Hunger also supports the centres with organic farming, teacher training and classroom resources.

The passion, commitment and resilience of the Rise Against Hunger team, and the ECD centre founders and their teams, was truly inspiring. It was also incredibly humbling, putting so much into perspective.
At Zambrero, we widely celebrate every 10 million meals donated, but this Vision Trip has helped me see that EVERY meal counts.

Want to be like Zambrero and engage your business in Rise Against Hunger’s movement to end world hunger? We offer many ways for corporate partners and their employees to get involved in our mission — fill out the interest form here to learn more!