Arla Foods Bangladesh Limited, the local subsidiary of European dairy cooperative Arla Foods, extends its support to aid the flood-affected victims. Arla recently donated Dano powder milk to three lakh people.
The aid was handed over to Dr Ahmad Kaikaus, principal secretary to the Prime Minister by Galib Bin Mohammad, head of Marketing and Jalal Khaled, head of Corporate Affairs of Arla Foods Bangladesh Limited, reads a press release.
Commenting on this, Peter Hallberg, managing director of Arla Foods Bangladesh Limited stated: “For the past few days, we’ve been witnessing the devastation the flood has caused. Among all the news pouring in, we found out that one of the key requirements of the waterlogged people was milk for their children. As a responsible company, we wanted to help those people in crisis. We are also thankful to the Prime Minister’s Office for their quick response.”
Throughout its journey in Bangladesh, Arla Foods Bangladesh has been executing multiple social projects. In 2020 during the pandemic, Arla Foods Bangladesh supplied nutrition of milk free of cost in 23 districts of the country through 16 humanitarian organizations. Arla has also reached out to more than 2.8 million people all over Bangladesh with affordable milk, awareness on nutrition and awareness on Covid-19 since 2021.
