Employees of
With over N25 million already raised by the employees and other donors since it announced TAP, no fewer than 24, 000 less-privileged and deprived
The employees in a statement said apart from raising of over N25 million, nine non-governmental organisations (NGOs) including
According to the statement, with funding from TAP, these nine implementing partners would feed over 24,000 Lagosians across 16 of the most deprived communities over a one-month period.
It said as at
"TAP has brought to the fore the fact that with as little as N350 you can feed one person for one day. The platform is encouraging well-meaning Nigerians to take on the challenge of ending hunger in the country by donating to the initiative, specifically to donate to feed one for a week, month or even a year," the statement added.
Commending TAP during one of the food disbursement drives, the Lagos Coordinator of Child Protection Network (CPN), was quoted in the statement as saying, "the people are hungry so feeding them gives us joy and we are very grateful to the employees of
Speaking on behalf of the beneficiaries, a member of one of the impacted communities, Edatomola Arowojolu, was also quoted as expressing his appreciation on behalf of the community to the employees of
The statement further said that through TAP, the #HumansOfOando has a fundraising target of N2.7 billion as the first phase of the deployment with an initial focus of feeding over two million individuals resident in
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