AZP foodbank market volunteers
Allianz Partners Australia Feeds over 4,500 International Students Battling Food Insecurity
Addressing food insecurity among international students
As part of our Power of Unity campaign, we continue to highlight Allianz companies making a positive impact worldwide. This time, we turn our focus to Allianz Partners Australia, whose efforts are making a tangible difference for students in need.
The Allianz Partners Australia State of Student Healthcare Report revealed that the cost-of-living crisis is highly impacting international students—1 in 3 students reported they couldn't afford fresh fruit and vegetables. To help address this, Allianz Partners Australia’s Health division established a partnership with Foodbank Australia.
Miranda Fennell, Executive Head of Health and International Student Wellbeing Spokesperson at Allianz Australia, said this partnership is a proactive step towards improving the wellbeing of international students studying in Australia, amid rising hardship. “The rising cost of living has led international students to rely on charitable organisations to meet their most basic needs, emphasising the need for further support,” Miranda Fennell said.
Allianz Partners Australia has:
- Delivered eight market stalls at university campuses.
- Provided fresh produce to over 4,500 international students.
- Handed out 45 tonnes of food to students in need.
- Logged hundreds of volunteer hours from dedicated employees.
Allianz colleagues Volunteer to Support Students in Need
This partnership cultivates a culture of assistance through an unique on- demand-volunteering for employees as well as provides fresh fruit, vegetables and pantry staples to international students to ensure economic barriers do not hinder their participation in university.
For Kevin Schefe, National Sales Manager at Allianz Partners Australia and Robbie Hannan, Team Leader in Operations, volunteering at the Foodbank market stalls was more than just handing out food—it was about solidarity, unity and social responsibility.
"The Foodbank partnership highlights the often-overlooked faces of food insecurity in Australia. Volunteering at international student market deepened my connection to Allianz purpose, and I am truly grateful to witness firsthand the profound impact, at Allianz Partners Australia, we are making in students’ lives.’’
Kevin Schefe,
National Sales Manager at Allianz Partners Australia
"I felt a profound sense of joy and fulfillment knowing our efforts were making a real difference, standing together as a community. This experience strengthened our team relationships and dynamic, as we worked together towards a common goal. It was deeply gratifying to contribute, even in a small way, to something much larger than ourselves. Thank you for the opportunity to be part of such a meaningful initiative.”
Robbie Hannan,
Team Leader in Operations, Allianz Partners Australia
AZP Foodbank Bag
AZP foodbank market stall line
Building on this, Allianz Partners Australia plans to expand the initiative in 2025 with nine market stalls scheduled to reach even more students.
Read the Press Release here: Foodbank Partnership
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About Allianz
The Allianz Group is one of the world's leading insurers and asset managers with around 128 million* private and corporate customers in nearly 70 countries. Allianz customers benefit from a broad range of personal and corporate insurance services, ranging from property, life and health insurance to assistance services to credit insurance and global business insurance. Allianz is one of the world’s largest investors, managing around 776 billion euros** on behalf of its insurance customers. Furthermore, our asset managers PIMCO and Allianz Global Investors manage about 1.9 trillion euros** of third-party assets. Thanks to our systematic integration of ecological and social criteria in our business processes and investment decisions, we are among the leaders in the insurance industry in the Dow Jones Sustainability Index. In 2024, over 156,000 employees achieved total business volume of 179.8 billion euros and an operating profit of 16.0 billion euros for the group.
* Including non-consolidated entities with Allianz customers.
** As of December 31, 2024.
** As of December 31, 2024.
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