Marriott has presented a cheque for AED 195, 253 to the United Nations World Food Programme at its office in International Humanitarian City, Dubai.
The cheque, for money raised since January 2009, was handed to Mageed Yahia, the officer in charge for the UN initiative by Elaine Watson – chair of the Marriott Business Council and general manager of Courtyard by Marriott Dubai Green Community and Marriott Executive Apartments Dubai Green Community.
Watson stressed that Marriott had a proud tradition of supporting the cities, towns and neighborhoods that it called home and the ‘Spirit to Serve’ philosophy which affected the customers, associates and communities was “a very important part of our company’s culture”.
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“Our pledge is that every Marriott community will be a better place to live and work in because we are there” said Watson.
“Marriott is leveraging its ability to offer thousands of guests and visitors the possibility to be part of the solution to the dramatic problem facing the world today: the problem of world hunger. We are grateful for the continued enthusiasm and commitment of the Marriott associates and guests to the campaign.”
Marriott has allowed the WFP to distribute the money where it sees the greatest need and high on the list are Sudan, Somalia, Ethiopia, Kenya and Zimbabwe.
In June 2008, The Marriott Business Council in Dubai consisting of JW Marriott Dubai, Renaissance Dubai Hotel, Courtyard by Marriott Dubai Green Community, Marriott Executive Apartments Dubai Green Community and Marriott Executive Apartments Dubai Creek officially launched ‘The Marriott Spirit To Serve The Hungry Campaign’ to support the United Nations World Food Programme and the UAE Red Crescent.
The Marriott hotels set a target to feed 100,000 hungry school children across developing countries. It costs approximately 0.25 US cents per day to feed a child at school. The Marriott hotels raised AED 84,788 in 2008.
The awareness campaign included the distribution of flyers, posters, in-room TV information and media publicity, the hotels encouraged their guests to contribute AED 5 (US $1.37) from their food or room bill.
The associates of the five hotels have organised charity bazaars at Safa Park, in-house ‘Mega Bric A Brac’ stalls, sales of the associate produced Spirit To Serve calendars, and other activities.
Find out more about United Nations World Food Programme on www.wfp.org
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