Business Desk :
Foodpanda, an online food ordering portal of Berlin, observed ‘World Orphan Day’ to raise public awareness about the orphans around the world at Sir Salimullah Muslim Orphanage, Bangladesh, one of the oldest and biggest, organizations in Asia, on Monday.
Foodpanda team spends this day with the children of Sir Salimullah Muslim Orphanage, organized a campaign, “Feed an Orphan” and collected donation from its customers, with which they bought educational materials for the orphans and handed over the materials to around 280 children. The orphans were given pens, notebooks, Quran Sharifs and chocolates. The children were ecstatic to meet the team, and accepted the gifts.
Along with Foodpanda, a number of restaurants, such as Korai Gost, Dhaba, Fajitas, Spicy Broast, Royal Buffet, Madchef, Live Kitchen, Rice & Noodle, Food Republic, Fakruddin, Platter, Café Hollywood, Tarka, Hakka Dhaka, Absolute Thai, Taaaasty, Olive Garden, Smoke Music Café also provided lunch to the orphans.
According to studies, every two seconds, somewhere around the globe, a child is being deprived of his or her right of having a family.
Every year Foodpanda organizes such events to raise awareness countrywide to show how combined effort can go a long way in helping the less fortunate.
At present, Foodpanda is operating in more than 36 countries across five continents, and in 3 cities in Bangladesh; Dhaka, Chittagong and Sylhet. Foodpanda started its journey in Bangladesh in December 2013.
