In response to the movement “FIT join hands to protect the public health” launched by the parent company FIT Group, at the end of February 2020, Westfood visited and presented gifts and donations to the Hospital’s charity kitchen of Central General Hospital, Can Tho Province.

Established in 1992, the charity rice cooking association of Can Tho Central General Hospital has become a familiar address for patients’ relatives from Western provinces. Every day, the hospital has thousands of poor patients facing illness, anxiety about hospital fees, food expenses, and expenses during treatment.

Therefore, understanding and empathying those difficult circumstances, at the end of February 2020, representatives of the Board of Directors and Westfood officials and workers visited and presented hundreds of gifts and partly shared the burden and support the charity kitchen of the Central General Hospital in Can Tho, An Khanh Ward, Ninh Kieu District, Can Tho City.

Representative of the company, Mr. Pham Van Thao – Director of Westfood Human Resources cum Trade Union Chairman paid a visit and presented hundreds of gifts to the charity kitchen of Central General Hospital in Can Tho Province. Gifts given to the kitchen include canned foods of the company such as baby corn, corn okra, papaya, mango, cocktail … produced at the Westfood factory, which contain high nutrients and energy to serve free dishes such as soup, stir-fried dishes for patients and their relatives who are hospitalized for treatment. Thereby, Mr. Thao also shared that he hoped those gifts could contribute a part to reduce the cost of medical examination and treatment as well as to share, motivate and empower patients on the process struggling with disease.

 

Full video of the gift giving program

As a member of FIT Group, Westfood has always taken seriously its corporate responsibility to society, contributing to improving and enhancing the lives of Vietnamese people as the parent company has oriented throughout the time. Giving gifts to charity kitchens is not only a practical and meaningful activity, but also helps Westfood employees understand, sympathize and willing to care for people with hardship circumstances, by doing so contributing to replication and spreading kindness, building a better and better community.