Mondelez India, the makers and bakers of some of India’s favourite snacking brands – Cadbury Dairy Milk, Cadbury Bournvita, Oreo and so on, announced an additional relief contribution of over 70 tonne of products to support relief workers and the migrant population during times of Covid-19.
The company in total has donated over 140 tonne of chocolates, biscuits and beverages to India Food Banking Network (IFBN) across 20 cities. Of this, India’s trusted MFD brand Cadbury Bournvita will be directed to hospitals.
The company is also donating dry ration kits to support over 8,600 families (approx.43,000 beneficiaries) in communities around its factory locations in Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra.
Ophira Bhatia, director, corporate and government affairs, India, Mondelez International, said, “We are proud that globally Mondelez International has donated well over $20 million in cash and in-kind donations to advance Covid-19 pandemic relief efforts surpassing our $15 million global commitment! As a company that has had close to 75 years of commitment to India, we are providing our much loved products, that are safe, easy to consume and tasty, to workers in the frontline who are striving to bring this pandemic under control.”
“Our products are also being given widely to the needy as well as migrant workers traveling back to their homes. We also continue to support the communities around our manufacturing locations with dry rations to tide them over these difficult times. It is heartening to see every part of our business – our colleagues, our brands also pitch in to support Covid-19 relief efforts,” she added.
The employees of the company have also donated 110,000 meals to the poor and needy through the Akshaya Patra Foundation, through employee giving. The company has committed part proceeds from sale of these special chocolate bars towards health insurance policies of the daily wage earners, via a partnership with Nirmana, an NGO that works with the unorganised sector
Mondelez India Continues to Support Covid-19 Relief Efforts
