Pizza Hut and Taco Bell extends assistance to UN World Food Programme

After the Christina Aguillera merchandise that Pizza Hut and Taco Bell offered last year in support for the UN World Food Programme’s effort to reach out the Filipinos in the conflict-affected areas in Mindanao. Pizza Hut and Taco Bell continue its support the WFP by offering a share to the earnings they will get from the selected food purchase in their store. Right now, WFP is supporting 76,000 elementary school students in conflict-affected areas of Mindanao through their program Emergency School Feeding programme which is mostly located in Central Mindanao

Pizza Hut will be selling signed World Food Programme’s Christmas post cards by Diether Ocampo which is their endorser; it cost P40 pesos per piece. Aside from the post card, for every order of Pizza Hut-WFP Bundle Feast, Pizza Hut restaurants will give 10 pesos to the World Hunger Relief campaign. For Taco Bell, like Pizza Hut, they will donate P10 for every order of Nachos Bellgrande Combo Meal.

Stephen Anderson, Country Director of World Food Programme encouraged everyone in taking their part in fighting hunger. "World Hunger Relief is an innovative global campaign which allows the public and private sectors to come together and address one of the most pressing issues of our time – the silent crisis of world hunger," he ended.

The World Hunger Relief campaign, first launched in 2007, is the world’s largest private sector effort on the issue of hunger. In the past three years, YUM! Brands has raised nearly US$60 million for WFP and other hunger relief agencies globally. To date, the campaign spans 110 countries and has mobilized 37,000 restaurants and over one million employees to volunteer, raise hunger awareness and funds. Multi-Grammy Award winner, pop superstar and WFP Ambassador Against Hunger Christina Aguilera is also the global spokesperson for World Hunger Relief.

For more updates and how you can take part on the projects and campaigns of World Food Programme visit http://www.WFP.org.


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