Trukai Industries has donated essential food supplies to Cheshire Disabilities Services under the Red Feather Initiative, highlighting the importance of sustained community support for people with disabilities.

The donation comprised of 50 bags of 10kg Trukai rice and 50 bags of 10kg flour, was presented by Trukai Brand Manager Mattew Tomala to the General Manager of Cheshire Homes, Gerald Bengester at the Cheshire’s Disabilities Services Centre in Hohola yesterday.

The presentation also highlights the role of private-sector partnership in supporting organizations that provide essential services to vulnerable members in communities.

This contribution will cater for 19 long term residents and 12 short term residents of the NGO. It will also benefit the youth and contractors working on the construction of the new community hall for the organization.

Tomala said Trukai is proud to support the NGO while reaffirming its future commitment to providing more donations with the possibility of increasing monthly or quarterly donations as talks are underway.

“This donation is part of our corporate social responsibility commitment, and we are happy to contribute toward the important work that is done here at Cheshire homes. We will talk more on increasing the donations to monthly or quarterly basis.” He stated.

Cheshire’s manager expressed gratitude for the donation and gave a certificate of recognition signed by the governor General to Trukai industries to acknowledge the business's continuous support over the years.

“We are very pleased with Trukai’s Support. With the number of people we assist daily, this contribution is greatly appreciated. The flour will allow our kitchen team to do more baking for our residents.” Gerald said.

He further added that the greatest challenge that the Cheshire homes have is finding a constant source of funding.

“With Trukai’s assistance and other sponsors, we are currently saving money on food," Gerald added. "We still have to buy fresh vegetable and fruits, but our biggest challenge is funding, more importantly finding a constant source of funding.”