Leading consumer goods manufacturer,Unilever, has announced a partnership with the United Nations World Food Programme (UN-WFP), the world’s largest humanitarian agency, to fight hunger in Kenya.
To mark the World Food Day held on October 16, 2014, the company’s Royco brand has donated 600,000 nutritious meals to school children in Kenya and is rallying well wishers to pledge their support for building a world with zero hunger.
Other countries that have benefitted from the one-million school meals programme include Indonesia and Philippines through its leading food brands. The meals will be delivered through WFP’s ‘Home Grown School Meals Programme’ aimed at improving the lives of families, communities and farmers.
“Royco’s partnership with the World Food Programme on World Food Day is an initiative that will help us give children access to nutritious food and the potential for a healthier life,” said Marc Engel, Unilever CEO for East Africa & Emerging Markets.
The theme for World Food Day 2014 was Family Farming: Feeding the world, caring for the earth, and was chosen to raise the profile of family farming and smallholder farmers. Unilever’s partnership with WFP will alsosupport smallholder farmers in Kenya with expertise to improve crop quality and yield.
Ronald Sibanda, WFP Country Representative in Kenya added: “Our partnership with Unilever will have an immediate impact on the lives of children and on communities in Kenya. An educated workforce is critical for development of any country and a regular nutritious meal at school acts as a magnet to get children into the classroom, and helps keep them in school.”
Around one in nine people in the world — many of them children — do not receive enough food and nutrition to lead a healthy life and build strong futures. Along with providing the right nutrition, WFP school meals act as a powerful incentive to get more of the 58 million children who don’t attend lessons into school.
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