Unilever and WFP together for the World Food Day

WFP   is the world’s largest humanitarian agency fighting hunger worldwide. Each year, on average, WFP feeds more than 90 million people in more than 70 countries.

As part of this year’s World Food Day celebrations, Unilever Philippines has again renewed its commitment to help improve the health and well-being of Filipino children by donating Php 6 million to support the United Nations World Food Programmes (WFP) school feeding programme in remote and conflict affected areas of Central Mindanao.

Mr. Carl Cruz - Foods and Customer Development Director
 Unilever Philippines Inc.

Mr. Stephen Anderson - Representative and Country Director
United Nations World Food Programme - Philippines

Dr. Parisya Taradji
Undersecretary for Operations and Programs Group
Department of Social Welfare and Development

Dr. Maria Corazon Dumlao
Officer- in Charge, Health and Nutrition Center
Department of Education

 The amount is being donated through Unilever’s number one brand, Knorr, and will be used to provide 600,000 hot nutritious school meals to 100,000 public elementary school children in the province of Maguindanao, Lanao del Sur, and Lanao del Norte. WFP will be carrying out the programme in partnership with the Department of Social Welfare and Development, and the Department of Education.

Unilever has contributed to WFP and its fight against hunger in the Philippines since 2008, through the global event “Walk the World” organized in collaboration with TNT Express and DSM to raise funds and awareness for WFP’s work. In the Philippines, Walk the World has generated over Ph 18.8 million to fund school meals.

Globally, Unilever has been a WFP corporate partner since December 2006, donating a total of US $18.7 millions to support WFP’s work around the world.