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HUL extends partnership with UNICEF to support tea workers in Assam
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SME Times News Bureau | 21 May, 2020
Hindustan Unilever Limited (HUL) on Thursday announced the extension of
its collaboration with the United Nations Childrens Fund (UNICEF) to
support delivery of essential hygiene products to tea plantation workers
in Assam, in the response to the Covid-19 pandemic.
According to
a statement, the collaboration will benefit families residing in the
tea-estates of the region and facilitate the reach of key communication
assets and the availability of essentials such as soaps and toilet
cleaners for the tea plantation workers.
The initiative focuses
on enhancing awareness related to Covid-19 among the tea plantation
workers and local communities and help them take necessary precautions
to stay safe during the pandemic.
Training modules and short
videos created by HUL to train frontline healthcare workers in the tea
estates on response and containment measures related to Covid-19 will be
developed.
Sharing details on the initiative, Sanjiv Mehta,
Chairman and MD, HUL, said, "The tea industry is one of the oldest
industries in India -- a mainstream industry of the northeast region --
and one of the largest employers in India's organised sector. As India's
largest tea company, we are committed to help keep those working in tea
plantations safe and our partnership with UNICEF aims to do just that."
UNICEF
has been playing a key role in the tea plantations since 2010 through
various interventions and the primary focus has been on the well-being
of children and women.
Yasmin Ali Haque, India Representative,
UNICEF, said, "Around two million people work in the Indian tea
industry, most of them residing in the tea estates. UNICEF has been
working in tea gardens since 2010 through Indian tea associations to
improve working and living conditions of plantation workers.
"Protecting
this population from the Covid-19 infection is one of our highest
priorities. With HUL's support, we are confident of improving awareness
levels and capacity building of healthcare workers across tea estates
helping them fight this pandemic."
In early April 2020, HUL
committed Rs 100 crore towards helping India fight the Covid-19
pandemic. As a part of this effort, HUL has rolled out many initiatives
to ensure that citizens of India, across all walks of life have access
to essential products such as soaps, sanitisers and toilet cleaners, and
understand the causes and implications of the virus through simple and
direct communication.
HUL's collaboration with UNICEF is yet
another measure to effectively and promptly identify communities
affected by the Covid-19 crisis, and jointly guard their interests,
while also driving widespread awareness campaigns around myths and facts
related to it.
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