Mardi Mari Investment Ltd (MMIL), producers of Aquadana Premium Drinking Water, engaged in a laudable Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) outreach on Tuesday as it donated truckload of bottle water to several indigent families through the Lagos Food Bank.
Speaking during the donation in Lagos, Shadrach Yacim Mowo, general manager, Aquadana Premium Drinking Water, said MMIL wants to identify with the ongoing war against COVID-19. As sUCH, the management chose to identify with the government of Lagos State and with the country at large and to show its own modest contribution through this gesture.
Yacim Mowo explained that what informed the choice of Lagos Food Bank as an agent of distribution is its reach to a wider range of people.
“We looked at the available parameters for the distribution of intervention materials and we looked for an organisation whereby a larger group of people can be reached and in our search, we located the Lagos Food Bank. We thought it wise to reach out to a wider range of people through the Food Bank,” he said.
He assured that the partnership with the Lagos Food Bank will be continuous, adding that COVID-19, the unseen energy, has cost Nigeria a lot.
In his remark, Michael Sunbola, president, Lagos Food Bank Initiative, commended MMIL for the donation, describing the gesture as a unique one.
According to Sunbola, “This donation is very unique because in most of our packages received, none of it has water and having this support means our beneficiaries will be having access to purified water.
“Most of the places we go to are slum communities and most of them don’t buy this kind of water. So this will really be a big deal for them and they will be really happy to have it. Aquadana is a very big and reputable brand and the partnership with Lagos Food Bank is something that we really find very commendable.
“Food and water are in sink. We should have started this partnership long before now and we hope to have further relationship to keep this going. We have more than 7,500 volunteers registered on our data base. Sometimes we are looking for water and everyone is dehydrated on the field. So with this donation, we don’t have to be looking around for water.”
He disclosed that Lagos Food Bank which started operations in 2016 has reached over one million people in Lagos and 13,000 families since the COVID-19 outbreak in Lagos.
