Sodexo starts Servathon project
7/4/2009
With the global problem of hunger and malnutrition now afflicting more than a billion people, Sodexo CEO Michel Landel has called upon the 355,000 Sodexo employees across the globe to join forces beginning April for a month long "Servathon" to donate food, serve meals and raise money for needy people in local communities.
Sodexo, a leading Food and Facilities Management services company, has an ongoing commitment to help
people who face hunger and malnutrition in the communities it serves. The company's various programs are
coordinated under its “STOP Hunger” initiative, which now operates in 25 countries. Sodexo employees have
contributed to more than 223 hunger-related NGOs and community-based groups since STOP Hunger's
inception more than ten years ago.
Last April, during the Sodexo Servathon, eight countries participated with more than 35,000 employees
joining forces to donate more than 90,000 kilos of food to hunger relief organizations and served 50,000
meals to hungry men, women and children.
“Sodexo's mission is improving quality of life through serving others and STOP Hunger is a natural extension
of this focus,” said Sodexo CEO, Michel Landel. “Sodexo employees touch the daily lives of 50 million
people in communities around the world and this culture of service is one of the core values that defines our
organization. We are proud of the commitment demonstrated by our employees to combat hunger and
malnutrition worldwide through STOP Hunger.”
In the past fiscal year, Sodexo employees have been engaged in a wide range of hunger relief efforts in various countries as part of STOP Hunger.
In Russia in particular company volunteers organized 5,150 meals for orphans within events in orphan house in Nelidovo, Tver region; “Cheburashka's birthday party”, Moscow; and III Children's Olympiad among orphan houses from different cities of Russia.