KUALA LUMPUR: Leading food and beverage company, Yeo Hiap Seng (Malaysia) Bhd (Yeo’s), has launched Yeo’s Helping Hands, a CSR programme furthering the company’s efforts to reach out to communities in need.
The first initiative under Yeo’s Helping Hands will see food aid packs being distributed to about 28,000 B40 families that are the most affected by Covid-19 .
Working in partnership with the Ng Teng Fong Charitable Foundation, RM 1 million has been channelled to fund the food aid programme to support about 28,000 B40 families. Each of these households will receive a food pack of essential food items comprising on canned food, instant noodles and beverages.
Yeo’s is also working closely with the Malaysian Red Crescent Society, Refuge for the Refugees, St. John Ambulance of Malaysia, Persatuan Kesejahteraan Rakyat Malaysia and other charity organisations to ensure that these food packs can be expediently distributed through their existing networks and reach families, residing in various parts of the country.
Commenting on the initiative, Samuel Koh, Group Chief Executive Officer of Yeo’s, says, “As a company with deep roots in Malaysia, we want to lend a helping hand and support families in a practical way at this critical juncture. We will continue to find ways to serve and care for our community.”
“Our thoughts are with those affected by the unprecedented challenge, and it is important for us to support in ways we can. More than ever before, we need to join hands as one community and care for each other to weather the challenge together,” said Daryl Ng, Director of the Ng Teng Fong Charitable Foundation.
