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Tegucigalpa. Honduras, 27 August 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) – The company has contributed to food security in Honduras by supplying dairy products and beverages to its consumers and delivering 1456941 food packages in March, April and May 2020, supporting 20 communities and achieving more than 60,000 families. , adding its employees.
Following the pandemic that has affected the world and aligned with its corporate values, LACTHOSA, a leading company in Honduras and Central America in the production and distribution of milk, juices and beverages, has undertaken a number of moves to maintain its operations, while helping national efforts to involve the epidemic in Honduras. The movements of the exemplary company have been to provide medical and biosecurity devices to hospitals and frontline staff, ensure food security in the low-income centers it has helped, maintain resilience in the communities of influence and solid employment for its more than 3,000 employees.
“LACTHOSA, our dairy company, with operations in Central America, the Caribbean and the United States, has had a style of resilience by maintaining its operation in the Covid-19 era, ensuring the protection of its employees, customers, suppliers and most importantly ensures continuous acquisition of raw milk to dairy farmers and the production and distribution of our products to disrupt the food chain in Honduras “schucri Kafie , founder of LACTHOSA.
Employee support
The company donated 5,770 food packages, representing 992,440 food dishes, to ensure food safety for all workers and their families. In addition, the corporate has managed the transport of all workers that meet the needs of social distance as well as hygiene protocols in vehicles. In addition, their working day, as a show of popularity for their commitment and hard work, earned them a daily meal in the corporate cafeteria. Each worker was provided with non-public protective devices and appliances, such as frame suits, mask and screens, boots, gloves, all according to the needs and nature of their work. The company has invested more than $800,000 to ensure the protection and well-being of its staff in recent months.
Customer service
LACTHOSA through its brand SULA and CETECO has donated 15,000 personal protection masks to the grocers, heroes and strategic partners who have been working nonstop supplying local communities. To ensure food security through supermarkets and convenience centers, SULA has ensured that the supply chain is stocked and has implemented “La Ruta SULA”, an initiative that allows consumers to stock up on products through home deliveries.
Supporting communities
It delivered to the communities a total of 200,288 food packages for medical staff in five hospitals, 120,000 food baskets to the national police; and to take advantage of the vulnerable population, he donated 11,000 glasses of yogurt, 17,095 glasses of milk, 2,193 glasses of orange juice. As a component of World Milk Day, in partnership with the Honduran Milk Chamber (CAHLE) and Tetra Pak, LACTHOSA donated 100,000 glasses of milk to the Honduran Food Bank for 70 organizations to gain benefits from 16012 other people in 15 municipalities in Honduras.
In addition, LACTHOSA has joined the commission “Entrepreneurs to Save Lives” in partnership with the Latin American Business Council (CEAL) to make a primary donation of medical devices by adding 20 respirators, electric beds, electrocardiographs and infusion pumps to the Ministry of Health, valued at 15.8 million lempiras. “We know that under ordinary conditions like this resilience is essential, as a company we have acted to shield our workers and their families, we have had a strong allocation with society and this mix of efforts allows us to combat it is a pandemic,” said Elena Kafie, LACTHOSA representative and board member.
Kafie Foundation
For its part, the Kafie Foundation founded through marketers Schucry, Luis and Eduardo Kafie, which acts as the social arm of LACTHOSA in several projects, has also partnered to supply vital food, hygiene materials and non-public protective devices to the 4 main tegucigalpa hospitals. . who are on the line of war opposed to Covid-19: the Turax hospital, San Felipe Hospital, the Honduran Social Security Institute (IHSS) and the Hospital Escuela, offering a total of 1000 gallons of chlorine, 400 non-public protective masks, 40 gallons of antibacterial gel, 4,000 servings of food adding Sula, Ceteco, Quaker and 1,000 liters of water for doctors and staff.
All movements are aimed at the company to convince that we will come out combined from this pandemic, more resilient, more committed and supportive.
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