Charoen Pokphand Foods PCL (CP Foods) continues to provide healthy food support to Thai frontline medical staff combatting the COVID-19 pandemic with a budget of approximately Bt200 million.
Since March 1, 2020, the company has delivered a variety of food menus to 88 public hospitals nationwide as well as 20,000 people under quarantine.
The socially-responsible activities are all part of the “CPF’s Food from the Heart Against COVID-19” project to ensure good health and enough food for frontline medical staff.
The company has now launched phase 2 of the project under the banner of “CPF’s Food from the Heart to Public Hospitals and Doctor-Nurse Families” that extends food support to medical staff’s families.
The company initially set an approximate budget of Bt200 million (US$6.5 million) to facilitate both phases of the project.
Thailand’s Deputy Minister of Public Health Satit Pitutecha recently presided over the project’s launch ceremony where he praised the initiation of such important initiatives to support the brave and hard-working medical staff and people under quarantine.
“These projects strongly support the government’s policy to fight the virus pandemic and protect Thai people,” Mr. Satit pointed said.
Mr. Soopakij Chearavanont, Chairman, Charoen Pokphand Group and CP Foods, offered his sincere appreciation to all people on the frontline fighting COVID-19. He called medical staff the heroes and heroines of the crisis and gave his assurance that CP Group would continue to support them in every way it can.
“As Thai people and a Thai company, we pledge to support the country to combat COVID-19 until the last minute,” he stressed.
CP Foods’ CEO Prasit Boondoungprasert added that the company is proud to support the government by helping to mitigate the effects of COVID-19. As a leading food producer with an international footprint, the company’s products directly support the ministry’s mission to contain and beat the pandemic and thereby safeguard lives and livelihoods across the country.
“CP Food’s phase II project is designed to alleviate the stresses on doctors and nurses who work closely with COVID-19 patient and have had to leave their families behind. We want to make sure that they do not have to worry about their families being able to live their daily lives as normal.”
Mr. Prasit revealed that CP Foods has been able to pull back on the provision of food support to those in self-quarantine as fewer people are arriving in the country following the government’s shutdown of incoming flights. This, in turn, has enabled the company to up its food support to medical staff and their families.
“Frontline medical workers are devoting themselves to combatting the COVID-19 outbreak but they also need to take care of their families. We are glad to show our appreciation by lending them our support.”
