The Dangote Foundation last weekend commenced distribution of relief
materials to internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Yobe, Adamawa and
Borno states, in the spirit of the holy month of Ramadan.
The initiative according to the Managing Director of Dangote Foundation,
Zouera Youssoofou, aligns with the Dangote Foundation key objective of
positively impacting the communities we operate and is aimed at
ameliorating the pains and suffering of at least 5,000 families affected
by insecurity and violence in the North East.
She said: “We have identified and are concerned about these communities of
displaced people who find their limited resources quickly depleted and are
unable to cater for their basic needs, hence the need for the
intervention.”
She also said, “A special victims’ fund has been set up, which we have
made a pledge to. Today, we are here in the context of Ramadan, just to
let the internally displaced ones in Yola know that we remember them, and
we are with them through these difficult times. Our intervention
initiative will continue to focus on working together with the Government,
other humanitarian stakeholders and donors to deliver basic assistance and
support to displaced people and IDP populations.”
The Dangote Foundation through the phased project made the first
intervention stop at the Yola IDP camp and is distributing products like
Dangote spaghetti, rice, DanQ seasoning, salt, sugar and blankets.
Representatives of the Dangote Foundation were physically present at the
distribution exercise in partnership with a volunteer NGO, Like Minds, to
facilitate the distribution process.
The coordinator of the non-governmental organisation, Like Minds, Fatima
Kiyari, praised the Foundation and prayed specially for the Chairman of
the foundation Aliko Dangote. “God will bless Aliko Dangote. The number of
lives he has been able to touch today is unbelievable, not to talk of
other camps we are distributing materials to in Yobe and Maiduguri, which
are 10 times bigger than the camps here,” she said.
One of the recipients of the relief materials, Malam Ari Gwaza, also
lauded the Foundation’s philanthropic gesture and appealed to other
prominent Nigerians to emulate the good deeds of Dangote and use their
wealth for the poor.
Dangote Foundation recently provided succour to the victims of Nepal’s
disastrous earthquake by donating $1 million to the government and people
of that country. The amount was in line with its mandate to provide relief
in times of disaster, with a message that the Chairman of the Foundation
Aliko Dangote, and the people of Nigeria shared in that country’s moment
of grief.
The Dangote Foundation has been touching lives both within and outside the
shores of Nigeria since its establishment in 1993, providing opportunities
for social and economic transformation through investments and
interventions that improve and promote health, education and broaden
economic empowerment opportunities.
Mr Aliko Dangote endowed the Foundation with $1.35 billion in March 2014
to ensure that the Foundation had secure and steady funding to carry out
its mission and significantly scales up its work both within and outside
the shores of the country.
The Dangote Foundation last weekend commenced distribution of relief
materials to internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Yobe, Adamawa and
Borno states, in the spirit of the holy month of Ramadan.
The initiative according to the Managing Director of Dangote Foundation,
Zouera Youssoofou, aligns with the Dangote Foundation key objective of
positively impacting the communities we operate and is aimed at
ameliorating the pains and suffering of at least 5,000 families affected
by insecurity and violence in the North East.
She said: “We have identified and are concerned about these communities of
displaced people who find their limited resources quickly depleted and are
unable to cater for their basic needs, hence the need for the
intervention.”
She also said,
“A special victims’ fund has been set up, which we have made a pledge to.
Today, we are here in the context of Ramadan, just to let the internally
displaced ones in Yola know that we remember them, and we are with them
through these difficult times. Our intervention initiative will continue
to focus on working together with the Government, other humanitarian
stakeholders and donors to deliver basic assistance and support to
displaced people and IDP populations.”
The Dangote Foundation through the phased project made the first
intervention stop at the Yola IDP camp and is distributing products like
Dangote spaghetti, rice, DanQ seasoning, salt, sugar and blankets.
Representatives of the Dangote Foundation were physically present at the
distribution exercise in partnership with a volunteer NGO, Like Minds, to
facilitate the distribution process.
The coordinator of the non-governmental organisation, Like Minds, Fatima
Kiyari, praised the Foundation and prayed specially for the Chairman of
the foundation Aliko Dangote. “God will bless Aliko Dangote. The number of
lives he has been able to touch today is unbelievable, not to talk of
other camps we are distributing materials to in Yobe and Maiduguri, which
are 10 times bigger than the camps here,” she said.
One of the recipients of the relief materials, Malam Ari Gwaza, also
lauded the Foundation’s philanthropic gesture and appealed to other
prominent Nigerians to emulate the good deeds of Dangote and use their
wealth for the poor.
Dangote Foundation recently provided succour to the victims of Nepal’s
disastrous earthquake by donating $1 million to the government and people
of that country. The amount was in line with its mandate to provide relief
in times of disaster, with a message that the Chairman of the Foundation
Aliko Dangote, and the people of Nigeria shared in that country’s moment
of grief.
The Dangote Foundation has been touching lives both within and outside the
shores of Nigeria since its establishment in 1993, providing opportunities
for social and economic transformation through investments and
interventions that improve and promote health, education and broaden
economic empowerment opportunities.
Mr Aliko Dangote endowed the Foundation with $1.35 billion in March 2014
to ensure that the Foundation had secure and steady funding to carry out
its mission and significantly scales up its work both within and outside
the shores of the country.
________________________________
This message contains confidential information and is intended only for
the intended recipients. If you are not the named addressee you should not
disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail. Please notify the sender
immediately by e-mail if you have received this e-mail by mistake and
delete this e-mail from your system. E-mail transmission cannot be
guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be intercepted,
corrupted, lost, destroyed, arrive late or incomplete, or contain malware.
The sender therefore does not accept liability for any errors or omissions
in the contents of this message, which arise as a result of e-mail
transmission. If verification is required please request a hard-copy
version.
Dangote Industries Limited and subsidiaries, Union Marble House, 1 Alfred
Rewane Road, Falomo Ikoyi, Lagos, Nigeria
www.dangote.com<http://www.dangote.com>
