Pizza Hut, Taco Bell & Manny Pacquiao: Fight Hunger through PHP5.3M donation to world food programme
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Pizza Hut and Taco Bell, with brand ambassador and eight division boxing champion Manny Pacquiao, fight hunger in the Philippines with a Php 5.3million (US$120,000) donation to the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP).The contribution, raised from the World Hunger Relief campaign conducted by these brands, will support WFP’s school feeding programmes in Central Mindanao. The check turnover event was recently held at the Owner’s Circle of the Smart Araneta Coliseum.
“We are committed to strengthen our support in helping WFP provide more nutritious food to the school children of Mindanao. Our brands, together with our employees will continue to raise awareness, volunteerism and funds to fight hunger,” says Teck Huak Lim, Chief Operating Officer of Pizza Hut and Taco Bell Philippines.
“The school feeding programme ensures that school children in Central Mindanao have one less thing to worry about so they can instead focus on their studies. According to our monitoring data, school feeding programmes help increase the retention rate of students in WFP-assisted schools by over 90% – a testament to how school feeding helps these children stay in school,” said WFP Philippines Representative and Country Director Praveen Agrawal. “We would like to commend and thank Pizza Hut and Taco Bell for the continued partnership in making sure that hot meals are provided to the children that need it the most.”
Through WFP’s school feeding programme, around 100,000 school children from conflict-affected communities in Mindanao are served hot and nutritious meals during regular school days which has been demonstrated to increase retention and attendance rates of the students. A meal, which consists of rice, mung beans, and vegetable oil, only costs P10 per meal for a child.
The YUM! Brands Pizza Hut and Taco Bell began its World Hunger Relief campaign in 2007 and has since raised Php26.9 million (US$600,000) to help feed school children in the Philippines. Globally, the campaign has raised Php 3.9 billion (US$90 million) which has supported WFP’s most urgent hunger needs around the world.
About WFP
WFP is the world’s largest humanitarian agency fighting hunger worldwide, delivering food assistance in emergencies and working with communities to improve nutrition and build resilience. In 2013, WFP assisted more than 80 million people in 75 countries.
