“We have a strong corporate responsibility ethos and our support for the WFP is a key element in what we do. Our employees never cease to amaze me with their generosity and willingness to help those most in need in society.”
Simon Harper, Director of Operations, TNT Express UK
Carefully targeted annual Fight Hunger Week campaigns are now the well established and highly successful way that TNT Express Services supports TNT’s global partnership with the WFP.
On yer bike – Saddlesore TNT riders raised funds to help impoverished Tanzanian youngsters during the annual Fight Hunger Week initiative
With the focus on fundraising, but also seeking to raise awareness levels of the need to combat global hunger, the seven-day initiatives never fail to raise tens of thousands of pounds and are always accompanied by lots of regional and trade media attention.
It costs just 7p-per-day to feed and educate a child in Tanzania – that’s just £25-a-year to keep a malnourished youngster alive and receptive to new learning.
In 2010 generous TNT employees delivered an aid package in excess of £40,000 – enough to provide more than half-a-million meals for 1,600 impoverished schoolchildren in East Africa.
A taste of Africa was high on the fundraising menu as TNT employees re-created a meal of maize and water given to the children in Tanzania – the one meal a day that gives them the vital nutrition to survive and prosper. Portions of the very basic foodstuff were sold to help raise money and give people a real insight into how the youngsters live.
Out of Africa – TNT employees recreated a typically nutritious meal given to Tanzanian children and served it up in black tie and cocktail dress finery
Other fundraising activities included a ‘virtual’ bike ride spanning the length of Britain, charity pool tournaments, netball competitions, pyjama days, quizzes, mega raffles, a weight-lifting challenge, head and chest shaving, leg waxing, car washing, throwing wet sponges at the boss, swear boxes and sponsored hikes.
“We have a strong corporate responsibility ethos and our support for the WFP is a key element in what we do. Our employees never cease to amaze me with their generosity and willingness to help those most in need in society. To raise more than £40,000 in just a week is a remarkable achievement,” remarked Simon Harper, Director of Operations.
“Having witnessed, first hand the WFP work on the frontline in Tanzania, I know how vital these funds can be and I am enormously proud that our people continue to show their never ending support for such a worthy cause.” he added.