As part of activities to mark World Food Day 2015, HelloFood
Ghana, led by its Managing Director, Mr. Sofiene Marzouki, donated assorted
food items and toiletries to the Teshie Orphanage in Accra. The event which
took place on Thursday October 29, 2015, forms part of steps, by the online
food delivery market place, to support the eradication of hunger from Africa.
According to Mr. Marzouki, in sub-Saharan African, food
insecurity and malnutrition is recorded at 27%, that is, one out of every four
Africans suffer from it. He also revealed that 67% of people living in some regions
in Ghana, lived below the poverty line of GH₵ 4.00 per day. However, Mr.
Marzouki was quick to add that there was a lot of food surplus in Accra, hence,
the company’s drive to push some of the excess to those who are less
sufficient.
On behalf of Mrs. Parker, the proprietress of the orphanage,
management and inmates of the Teshie Orphanage, Ms. Jenette expressed the
gratitude of the orphanage to HelloFood Ghana and called upon more corporate
bodies and individuals to assist the orphanage.
Although HelloFood has been involved in similar donations
across the globe, this was the first of its kind in Ghana. Mr. Marzouki
mentioned that this was the first of many more activities to be undertaken by HelloFood
Ghana as part of its commitment to support the growth of the society.
Some of the food items donated to the orphanage were
gathered from contributions made by patrons of the online food delivery platform.
World Food Day
is an annual day of action against hunger, established in 1945 with
the creation of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. People
around the world come together on that day to contribute towards
the eradication of hunger globally.
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