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Epigamia & Danone launch Step-Up, provide food & water to migrant workers
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Friday, 15 January, 2021, 15 : 00 PM [IST]
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Our Bureau, Mumbai
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Epigamia has launched the Step-Up programme with a mission to provide food and water to communities impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic. Driven by a purpose to improve food and food systems within the country, the company has set up many initiatives under this programme, right from providing food to migrant workers, to improving access to water in villages around the country. Danone Manifesto Ventures, one of the investors in the company, is supporting the programme through its global Covid-19 Relief Fund, which helps its investee companies across the world by supporting the latter’s community outreach programs to improve the lives of those impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic, among other initiatives.
Rohan Mirchandani, co-founder and CEO, Epigamia, said, “The pandemic and subsequent impact on migrant workers in the cities got us going. We launched the Step-Up programme in May 2020 and have donated and distributed over 7.5 lacs cups and bottles of yogurts. We have partnered with Danone Manifesto Ventures, who supported us for this initiative and provided some guidance on planning and execution. The Step-Up initiative is now a rallying cry in the organisation with active participation from employees and our supply chain partners. Over 215 members of Epigamia’s team also stepped-up and donated a portion of their salary towards the distribution of cups."
The first phase of the programme was completed in September through partners such as Robin Hood Army, Zomato Feeding India, Annapurna Movement, Rise Against Hunger, AkshayaPatra, and Goonj. For the second phase, the company is focusing on supporting rural communities across the country. The company has partnered with Habitat for Humanity India to help improve access to safe drinking water, and help the communities through training and support for livelihood options including agricultural productivity.
Shievani Upadhyay,co-founder, Annapurna Movement, said, "Since Day 1, Epigamia has been a very generous donor supporting Annapurna Movement's on-ground food relief efforts. Through their Step-Up programme, we could reach out to thousands of homeless children across Mumbai. These children who were only surviving on rice and dal meals finally had a chance to taste the extremely delicious and nutritional products from Epigaman. The smile on their faces has been priceless.”
Laurent Marcel, CEO, Danone Manifesto Ventures, said, “In 2020, we witnessed parts of the world suffer irrecoverable losses to their lives and livelihoods, and decided to support our portfolio companies’ initiatives to tackle unprecedented challenges through a dedicated Covid-19 Relief Fund. This led us to support Epigamia’s team and the frontline workers who fought the toughest of daily battles by aiding their financial, health, and safety initiatives. We are proud to assist Epigamia to fulfill their responsibility as a Corporate Citizen of the country in these challenging times.”
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