IOT donates over R0.5m worth of canned tuna to Health Care Agency |05 May 2020

The handover of the donation (Photo: Louis Toussaint)

Canned tuna worth a sum of R514,560 (€32,160) has been handed over to the Health Care Agency by the Indian Ocean Tuna Ltd.

It was during a short ceremony at the IOT’s headquarters in Victoria yesterday afternoon that Lambert Albert, the IOT’s fish preparation and lean manager in the presence of other key IOT officials handed over samples of the consignment of 1600 trays of 12 cans to the deputy chief executive of the Health Care Agency (HCA), Katherine Cecile.

Also present was Maria Stevens, the owner and directorof Connect Call Centre Solutions which played an important role in helping the HCA in regards to its call delivery service.

Mr Albert said the donation falls under the ‘IOT in the Community’ programme and the gesture aims to show the IOT’s great appreciation for the remarkable and hard work health workers are doing to treat those people infected as well as keep the coronavirus under control.

“Petit Navire is one of the IOT’s top brand products in 400g cans and the donation is to show our gratitude and appreciation to all the health workers on the frontline fighting the virus and putting it under control,” Mr Albert pointed out.

He said the product can also be used to supplement food needs at the different quarantine and isolation centres.

On behalf of the HCA and the Public Health Authority (PHA), Ms Cecile thanked the IOT and Thai Union for the generous donation which she says she has no doubt will be very much appreciated. Other than the supplement food needs at the different quarantine and isolation centres, Ms Cecile said the products will be shared among the different health workers on the frontline.

“This is a typical example of a public-private partnership to meet the needs of our community at such a time when it is most needed,” Ms Cecile said.

Marie-Anne Lepathy