Sodexo & Stop Hunger fundraiser in India generates heart-warming response
Press ReleaseMumbai, 13th July 2021: Sodexo, the world leader in quality-of-life services, has concluded its 3-week long online fundraiser project. #Carethreefold, initiated to offer aid to the COVID-impacted communities in India facing the wrath of the devastating second wave of the pandemic has successfully raised INR 51 lakhs (USD 70,000), witnessing generous contributions from Stop Hunger and Sodexo ecosystem involving Indian and overseas employees, clients, and partner organizations.
Relief measures have commenced. The funds are progressively being mobilized through NGO partners, India Food Banking Network and UTMT Society to support daily wagers, migrants who have lost their livelihood and are struggling to access food and essentials. India Food Banking Network is distributing ~60 tons of ration kits among 3780 families covering 18900 beneficiaries while UTMT society is providing medical kits with essentials like oximeters, contactless thermometers, N95 masks and is sprucing up the village level isolation centers, thereby building primary health infrastructure to benefit 3625 smallholders in the remote locations of Gujarat, Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh.
About CareThreefold: On 28th May 2021, Sodexo India and Stop Hunger global launched an online fundraiser platform soliciting support from employees, clients and suppliers to join their ongoing fight against hunger in the COVID-impacted communities in India. For every ₹1/- contributed by a stakeholder, Sodexo and Stop Hunger Global pledged to contribute ₹2/-, which means help reaching the ground would multiply threefold.
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