Glo foundation doles out food items to needy

Glo Foundation has doled out about 1500 food and other valuable items to low income earners living in Ilaje community, Bariga, Lagos through its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiative aimed at reducing hunger. The beneficiaries, mostly aged and young women, were full of joy as they were handed packs filled with staples, food, cooking oil, […]

Glo Foundation has doled out about 1500 food and other valuable items to low income earners living in Ilaje community, Bariga, Lagos through its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiative aimed at reducing hunger.

The beneficiaries, mostly aged and young women, were full of joy as they were handed packs filled with staples, food, cooking oil, garri and other edible items at the distribution centre in Love Lagos Jetty.

Speaking about the initiative, the Manager, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), Glo Foundation, Ufuoma Dogun, stressed that it was aimed at providing relief and giving back to the community.

“Hunger is not something to be toyed with, it is one of the major issues that the world is dealing with. It is one of the United Nation Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) initiatives which is why at Glo Foundation we said it is how to reach the most vulnerable in the community. These are people who have partnered with Glo and supported us since inception as a business,” he said.

He added that the initiative is aimed at bringing succour to the needy across the country, saying the foundation has partnered with Lagos Food Bank and other non- governmental bodies to distribute food to different parts of the country.

“We are going to the most vulnerable communities not just in Lagos but across the country to give to the most needy and to find and provide succour to as many people as we can. This is our way to join the government to alleviate the hunger and poverty issues across the country,” he said.

The Executive Director, Lagos Food Bank, Micheal Sunbola, emphasised on the collaborative partnership with Globalcom limited, describing it as the role of the private sector to contribute to the welfare of the citizens.

“Private driven initiative needs to come together and help bring relief to people of our society. We are serving a low income community; women, widows and a lot of people who form

the lower cadre of the bracket that are dealing with the economic impact the country is facing today.

“We cannot take away the agent of hope, inasmuch as it is a temporary relief but it will go a long way to bring that relief to families who are in need and they become more sustainable when we coordinate programmes like this in different parts,” he said.