Kamahl Cogdon

长途散步是一种提高食欲的好方法，但对于学生艾玛来说，这也是一种解决饥饿问题的好方法。

A long walk is a good way to work up an appetite, but for inspirational student Emma, it's also a way to solve hunger.

Emma, 6, is taking part in the FareShare Foot-Steps Challenge, promising to walk 100 km to raise money to help feed people in need.And her efforts are already paying off. So far she has clocked up 19 km and is on the top of the Little FootSteps leaderboard,well on the way to meeting her fundraising goal of $2,000.“Moving makes you feel happy and helping other people makes you feel happy too. Every school day I am walking, running or riding 1 km. Then on the weekends I am doing a lot more. I have been going up and down my long driveway—sometimes I even stop and feed the cows,”Emma said.

Growing up in country Victoria with lots of fruits and vegetables in her home garden,Emma understands the importance of nutritious food.“It helps us grow and stay healthy. It also helps us stay alive and have lots of energy,”she said.

The FootSteps Challenge is run by charity kitchen FareShare and was inspired by its chefs who walk about 15 km a day as they turn rescued and donated food into 50,000 free and nutritious meals for the needy each week. The charity rescues fresh produce, including from supermarkets, manufacturers,farmers and wholesale businesses.

A small team of FareShare chefs and 1,500 community volunteers cook home-style meals for hundreds of charities across Australia, including homeless shelters, women's refuges and community food banks.

The FareShare FootSteps Challenge encourages participants to“move for meals”by walking, running,riding or even swimming.