Corporacion Multi Inversiones recently issued the following announcement.
The global crisis caused by covid-19 aggravated the situation in countries with high rates of poverty and malnutrition, such as Guatemala. Thousands of families who depend on the money they generate every day to survive were suddenly without a source of income, which meant an economic and food crisis in hundreds of both rural and urban communities.
Against this background, five Guatemalan companies, Corporación Multi Inversiones, cbc, Claro, Banco Industrial and La Torre, joined forces to invite us, as Guatemalans, to join together to support families in need of food. This is how on April 29, the initiative “El Amor en Caja” was announced, a call for solidarity to which thousands of Guatemalans, companies and organizations responded in a very positive way.
Thus, between April and August, more than 50 companies and organizations joined this call for solidarity, joining in the donation of boxes and making El Amor en Caja the largest private food collection project during this emergency. The companies are: Discarga SA, Distinsa, Security, INSTIL, Disolumer, INFYMSA, STAMPO Internacional SA, NOVAFILM SA, Soprinsa Personal SA, Grupo Tecnología SA, Grupo Vintage SA, JB Hunt SA, Aroma SA, Gifts y Promociones SA, Negocios Efectivos SA, SKF Latin Trade, Schenker, CPS, Grupo App, Aceros de Guatemala, Novartis, Citi Foundation, TELUS, Capgemini, Pinturas Volcán, Cofrasa, AMBEV, Kellogg´s Guatemala, Fundación Busto Recinos, Plus TI, Child Aid, 3M, TACASA, COCA-COLA - Femsa, Amigos del Lago, Childfund, Polytec, ACS Miami, Polartika, Sierma, Panifresh, Interamericana, Plasson, Regal Beloit de México, AR North America INC, Evonik, Sealed Air, SMO Servicios Industriales, Equipagro, Trou Nutrition, Tecnispice, Beiersdorf and ECA Guatemala. Other companies, such as GLOVO, also contributed by opening their platforms to make it easier for people to donate.
People, companies, volunteers and organizations involved, thank United Way Guatemala for its excellent management as the entity in charge of administering "El Amor en Caja", and for this, they deliver the project to said organization, with the aim that the project transcends and remain as the meeting point for thousands of Guatemalans, companies and organizations with a good heart, who seek a better future for our country. In this way, the challenges and crises that the country faces in the future will have El Amor en Caja as the project that will be there to give relief to those who need it.
Regarding the scope of this initiative, the president of the Board of Directors of United Way Guatemala, Christian Fischer, shares: “Thanks to the corporations that started this movement, to all the Guatemalans who have supported us and to the more than 50 companies and Organizations such as Rotary Guatemala that have joined this initiative, which has been very valuable and timely in supporting thousands of Guatemalan families who received the harsh impact of covid-19 in their homes. To date, El Amor en Caja has reached the 22 departments of the country, benefiting more than 260,000 people in the most needy communities in the country ”.
Each box, designed to meet the nutritional needs of a family of five, for more than 15 days. Each box contained bottles of oil, sugar, nixtamalized cornmeal, parboiled rice, fortified atol, iodized salt, beans, pasta, pounds of oatmeal, 4 tomato pasta sauces, 6 200 ml fruit nectars, 4 soaps pill and 1 bottle of ethyl alcohol.
How can you continue to support?
El Amor en Caja continues to support families, so it invites people, organizations and companies that wish to show solidarity to make their contributions on the www.elamorencaja.com page or through a direct deposit to the Fund's bank accounts Kingdom (United Way) of Guatemala found on the platform. Through social networks on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube, the news and future actions of the project will be announced. Do not forget that, "With your help, love in a box."
Original source: https://www.cmi.co/es/item/669-luego-de-ayudar-a-260-000-personas-con-11-7-millones-de-raciones-alimenticias-el-amor-en-caja-se-convierte-en-programa-permanente-en-solidaridad-con-miles-de-familias-guatemaltecas
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