Touched by the level of unemployment and as part of its efforts to alleviate poverty, De United Foods Industries Limited, makers of Indomie noodles brand has empowered some Nigerian women with donation of commercial mobile cooking equipment.
The empowerment project tagged “Indomie Buka” designed in partnership with local governments in Lagos will see about 283 economic disadvantaged and needy people benefit in the programme this year. The company said that the same number of people also benefitted last year.
The mobile cooking carts built with undisclosed amount of money are expected to assist the women start up commercial mini-restaurant at various corners, cooking only Indomie noodles and selling drinks. They will also be given training on cooking and how to manage the business.
The beneficiares who were also given three cartons of Indomie noodles for a start include Mosumola Lukeman, Omowunmi Onafula, Subair Baisraf, Funmilayo Kareem and Abdulkareem Ogunshola, all from Coker-Aguda of Lagos State.
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The company had last year partnered with local governments in Lagos to assist indigent people. Under the partnership, the local councils are expected to select the needy that will benefit from the scheme and forward the names to the company.
Speaking at the presentation of the equipment, Temitope Asiwaju, the corporate affairs manager of Dufil said the company had last year given out 283 units of the cooking equipment and plans to give out the same number this year.
He said when the local governments submit the names, the company equally scrutinises the list before arriving at the beneficiaries. According to him, some of those who benefited last year had moved from cooking business to sub-distributors of Indomie brand. “We can only encourage them by giving them these utensils and they can cook and serve up to 10 to 15 cartons of Indomie daily.”
On what he described as a pilot project, Asiwaju said those who benefited so far are from Lagos and Ogun states.
The brand had also supported SIFE Nigeria, a global network for the empowerment and improvement in the quality of life and standard of living of people in communities around the world. Students In Free Enterprise (SIFE) is a global network that improves the quality of life of people by teaching them the principles and values of free market economics and entrepreneurship.
