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Heineken Commits 3m Br to Support COVID-19 Fight

Mar 31 , 2020

Heineken Ethiopia, which has three brewery plants in Ethiopia, located in Bedele, Harar and Qilinto, has allocated a total of over 4.5 million Br to efforts to contain the spread of the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) in the country.

Heineken Ethiopia donated three million Birr to the national resource mobilisation committee at a handover ceremony that took place at the Addis Abeba City Administration. External Communications & Sustainability Manager for Heineken, Fekadu Beshah, handed over the cheque to Deputy Mayor Takele Uma this afternoon.


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Heineken Ethiopia, which has three brewery plants in Ethiopia, located in Bedele, Harar and Qilinto, has allocated a total of over 4.5 million Br to efforts to contain the spread of the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) in the country. It spent 550,000 Br to set up handwashing stations around four high-traffic areas - Mercato, Asko, Akaki and Megenagna - which have been operational since March 24, 2020.


The company also distributed 50,000 packages of soap in the capital, Bedele and Harar, and gave a total of one million Birr to the Addis Abeba, Bedele and Harar feeding centres that will be used to feed 200 people a day.

Within a week, the Addis Abeba City Administration has mobilised 150 million Br.


Tracking COVID-19


468770

Total cases Reported In Ethiopia

0

New cases Reported In Ethiopia

42742

Active cases Reported In Ethiopia

0

New Deaths Reported In Ethiopia

7463

Total Deaths Reported In Ethiopia

418563

Total Recovered Reported In Ethiopia


87

Critical in Ethiopia

Source: Coronavirus monitor API


PUBLISHED ON Mar 31,2020 [ VOL 20 , NO 1040]

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