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  • Glo Foundation provides relief to Delta communities

    Glo Foundation provides relief to Delta communities

    Thousands of women across Warri and neighboring communities in Delta State have received food packs from Glo Foundation under its “Giving Back Together” initiative.

    The outreach formed part of Globacom’s ongoing intervention programme aimed at easing economic hardship by supporting the most vulnerable segment of the society with essential food and other household items.

    Saturday’s food distribution attracted women of all ages, including widows, from Warri North, Warri South, Aladja, Ughelli South, Udu, and Uvwie local government areas. They assembled shortly after the state’s monthly environmental sanitation in order to benefit from the scheme.

    Globacom’s Head of Corporate Social Responsibility, Mrs Jumobi Mofe-Damijo, noted that Delta was the latest stop for the initiative after similar exercises in other states. She explained that the food drive was designed to reach the female population, who often bear the heaviest burden in difficult times.

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    “Our Food Drive is not just for anyone. It is targeted at the most vulnerable segment of the Nigerian society, that is women and children. When we help them, we are helping the society at large,” she said.

    Each package contained 5kg of rice, 5kg of gaari, semovita, spaghetti, vegetable oil, tomato paste, sardines, seasoning cubes, noodles, and other essentials.

    The gesture sparked scenes of joy, with beneficiaries breaking into songs and dances. Princess Omo-Udoyo of Ughelli North said, “I have not seen this before. I thank God and Glo Foundation for this gift.”

    For Mrs Esther Okoro from Otu Jeremi, Ughelli South, gratitude came in form of prayers. “God will lift the company and people who have done this. He will lift them higher and higher. They will never lack anything. For doing this for us today, I say may God protect them. You will always go higher.”

    The initiative will extend to more cities across the country in the coming months, with thousands of women expected to benefit.

  • Glo Foundation partners Lagos Foodbank to feed vulnerable communities

    Glo Foundation partners Lagos Foodbank to feed vulnerable communities

    Ikota community, the downtown district of Lekki in Lagos was a beehive of activities yesterday as Glo Foundation in collaboration with the Lagos Foodbank Initiative presented food packages to thousands of people, especially vulnerable groups including the aged women, nursing mothers and widows across the board.

    The charity giving initiative according to Mrs Jumobi Mofe-Damijo, Head CSR, Globacom, was the telecom giant’s way of helping the vulnerable communities to mitigate the hardship imposed by the rising cost of living, especially exacerbating cost of food.

    “This is our own modest way of helping the vulnerable communities to weather the storm. So our target is to reach out to the underserved communities living in the slum areas. We want to go deep into the communities so that it doesn’t look like we’re just tending to people on the road. We want to reach the underprivileged, and we want to make a difference in their households. We want to make a difference in their lives,” she stressed.

    Speaking earlier, Mr Ufuoma Dogun, Senior Manager Glo Foundation, said the mandate of the Glo Foundation is a response to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, which is ending poverty and zero hunger.

    Justifying the need for the initiative, Dogun said, “We came up with this food drive initiative and we decided to collaborate with the Lagos Food Bank as a partner that has done this for a long time and has a record of excellence.”

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    According to him, the whole idea is to reach out to as many vulnerable groups as possible. “Last week, we were in Bariga, where we attended to thousands of people. It’s the same thing we’re doing today.  We’re attending to thousands of women, mostly widows, people that are underserved. That’s basically what we’re trying to do, to reach as many people as possible. But we’re going to take it outside Lagos. “At the end of the day, our plan is to reach out to millions of people across the country. This quarter will focus on Lagos. We’re going to work with the food bank team to come up with a list of other places where we can go.

    “For now, we’ve identified Abuja, Port Harcourt, Kaduna, Kano, and a few other places. But we do not want to go to state capitals. We want to go to places that are outside. So even if we’re going to Abuja, it won’t be Maitama, Asoko, it will be places like Mpape, mostly suburban communities.”

    While acknowledging that the interventions are mere acts of tokenism, Dogun hinted of plans by the Glo Foundation to commit funds running into billions on the CSR initiative.

    “We hope to provide the identified vulnerable groups with sustainable means of income ultimately. For example, one of the discussions we’re having with the Lagos Foodbank is backward integration. Because it is one thing to say you want to be giving food to people and people are making donations.

    “We have plans to assist such individuals to own their own farms, for example? But in terms of other activities that we’re doing, we’re going to go into schools to remodel schools. We’re going to work on maternal mortality, things like that. We’re also going to look at how we can partner with people in underserved areas across the country, not just healthcare, but in terms of empowerment, in terms of education, we’re going to approach all those touch points.”

    Echoing similar sentiments, the Executive Director of the Lagos Foodbank Initiative, Mr Michael Sunbola, said the partnership with Globalcom has ensured interventions to some of the already identified communities. 

    “Last week we were in Bariga with thousands of people. We had first-hand impact of collaborations like this, how much difference it can make. And here again we are in the Ikota community, in Lekki here. We’ve combined about four communities together and I must say that the impact is really going to be felt for these families.”

    A cross-section of some of the beneficiaries, who spoke with The Nation including Mrs. Patricia Junaid, Mrs. Henrietta Khadir, Mrs Eunice Ozegbe, and Mr. Omotayo Jonathan, were effusive with praises for the good gestures by Globalcom.

  • Glo Foundation, Lagos Food Bank donate foods

    Glo Foundation, Lagos Food Bank donate foods

    Glo Foundation, a CSR organisation set up by telecommunications giant, Globacom, has liaised with the Lagos Food Bank  by distributing boxes of food items to the Ilaje community of Bariga,  Lagos.

    Glo Foundation stated that the initiative was aimed at ameliorating food insecurity and reducing the suffering of the underprivileged in the  society.

    Several thousands of residents of Ilaje community in Bariga, Lagos State, came out to receive food items and other valuables.

    Each of the food packs contained Rice, Garri, Spaghetti, noodles, tomato paste, tooth brushes, sardines, salt, vegetable oil, and seasoning cubes.

    The distribution of the big boxes of food items, was carried out in collaboration with the Lagos Food Bank, at the Love Lagos Jetty in Bariga. The rare initiative elicited joy from beneficiaries  marking  the commencement of a nationwide food initiative by the Foundation to support hundreds of thousands of Nigerians in several states of the Federation.

    The atmosphere was filled with excitement and appreciation as the  beneficiaries sang and danced in celebration of Glo Foundation’s gesture.

    In her remarks at the event, the Head of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) at Globacom, Mrs. Adejumobi Mofe-Damijo  harped on  the Foundation’s  determination to bring joy to families through the food drive which, she said, would be extended to other parts of the country.

    According to her, the Foundation would undertake series of interventions that would bear positive impact on  different sectors of the society in tandem with its vision of empowerment and care for the less-privileged.

    Mofe-Damijo also gave kudos to the staff of Globacom for embracing the  culture of giving and lending support to  the project consultants, Lagos Food Bank Initiative, to achieve the   success that the event recorded.

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    The elated  beneficiaries thanked Glo Foundation for the laudable intervention with the food and various items in the packs given to them.  Abiola Oladunjoye, an unemployed female member  of the community, disclosed that the food pack from the Foundation was divine provision for her household. “I really appreciate. May the Almighty continue to protect the company and may it continue to grow. I pray for more success for you all and the company itself for remembering us here.”.

    In the same vein,  Amarachi Peter, a cook, was profuse  in praise of Glo Foundation for bringing the train of its Food Drive to the community. She noted that the pack for her was a huge relief at a time like this when the cost of living has become unbearable.

    Similarly, Eunice Kehinde, a hairdresser, kept praying for Glo Foundation and staff of Globacom who were on hand to support the distribution. “It is not easy for my family to feed these days. With this food pack from Glo, we are sure of what to eat for some weeks”, she noted, and commended Glo Foundation for considering the community in the food drive initiative.

    The Executive Director of Lagos Food Bank Initiative, Michael Sunbola, appreciated Globacom for its investment in the food drive while inviting   other corporate organizations to be part of the charity venture.

    Said he, “We are happy to collaborate with Globacom on this. This is the pilot phase and other parts of the country will also benefit from the drive aimed at touching the lives of the real underprivileged in the society”, he said.

    The Glo Foundation train is billed to visit  another Lagos community next Saturday to replicate the same gesture.