Masco Foods, franchise holders of KFC Ghana, in collaboration with Vida e Caffe, have donated food items to the aged in the music and film industries through the Ministry of Tourism.
The event, which took place at the Accra Tourist Information Centre (ATIC), was intended to cushion the elderly people impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Among other food supplies, cartons of milk, tomato paste, oil, tinned fish, and sugar were presented to be distributed to the aged in the creative arts industry.
The minister of tourism, Hon. Barbara Oteng Gyasi, who received the items, expressed her gratitude to the KFC and Vida e Caffe for the kind gesture, affirming that the step was in the right direction.
The gift to the creative arts industry comes months after KFC Ghana gave over 5,000 boxed meals to street people and the less privileged in twenty communities in Accra and Kumasi.
These meals were distributed at the Chorkor, Korlebu Motuary Road, Accra Mall, 37, National Theatre, Mallam Atta Market, Abofu, and Achimota areas. In the Ashanti region, some residents of Asokwa, Kwadaso, Aboabo, and Anloga also benefited from KFC's generous act.
About VIDA E CAFFE
‘Vida e Caffè’ is Portuguese for ‘life and coffee’. The company’s inspiration is fuelled by a desire to make life better and more inspiring.
The company launched its first shop on Kloof Street in Cape Town in October 2001. As of March 2020, they had over 150 stores in the Western Cape region, another 150 in Gauteng, over 20 in KwaZulu-Natal, and over 30 in the rest of the African continent.
In Ghana, the brand started in 2014 at the Stanbic Heights building in Accra, with 17 more shops opening across the country. Vida e Caffe, inspired by the street cafés of Portugal and filled with the spirit of African people, continues to serve up enthusiasm all day, every day, in all they do.
KFC’s Corporate Social Responsibility
KFC Ghana, powered by Masco Foods, has nine years’ experience in Quick Service Restaurant operations. The company has, over the years, partnered with a number of organizations and government institutions since its inception in 2011 to provide significant humanitarian assistance to the people of Ghana.
Masco Foods (KFC), like its parent firm, the Mohinani Group, promotes humanity and has 'people' as its essence, offering every individual an equal opportunity to be a source of service to society. Its CSR drive focuses on touching and improving lives whenever necessary.
The Mohinani Group, through its premier water storage brand- Polytank, has donated tanks worth over GHC 32,000 to the Apiate Community to help provide the residents with clean drinking water. The timely gesture is in response to a national call by the National Disaster Management Organization (NADMO) to assist the victims with Polytanks to enable them get access to portable water following the explosion that occurred in the community two weeks ago.
The full trailer load of Polytanks were made up of four pieces of 10,000 litre tanks popularly known as Rambo 1,000 and six pieces of 2,500 litre Sumo tank capacities. The donation which was made to NADMO on behalf of the community formed part of the Group’s corporate social responsibility to ensure that all vulnerable and marginalized Ghanaians are provided with access to clean drinking safe water especially in times of severe national disasters.
In a statement, Mr. Ashok Mohinani, the Executive Director of the Mohinani Group, expressed heartfelt condolences to the families of the fatalities of the disaster. Mr. Ashok also wished the speedy recovery to those injured and prayed for the total healing for all the affected within the community. He emphasised that, as a brand, Polytank truly cares about the wellbeing of Ghanaians especially in improving access to safe drinking water. This, he added, was the company’s contribution to helping the country achieve Goal 6 of the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
Mr. Ashok expressed Polytank Ghana’s commitment to help in rebuilding the Apiate community saying “our donation today is a testament of our brand’s promise to help alleviate the effects of the aftermath of the explosion”. He therefore urged the Chiefs and residents of the Apiate community to maintain the Polytanks in order to benefit future generations.
Polytank Ghana is an industrial revolution company which spearheaded the development of the plastic and paper storage and packaging industry in Ghana. As a household brand name, Polytank sets itself apart by providing storage and packaging solutions that are trusted for generations. The Tanks Division of the brand has for the last 30 years provided solutions with high quality and durable products to address water and sanitation challenges in Ghana.