LONDON, March 18, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Hikma
Pharmaceuticals PLC (Hikma), the multinational pharmaceutical
company, announces it will grant an additional $40,000 USD to local food banks and pantries in
the US communities in which it operates. To date, the company has
provided over 600,000 meals through its employee matching donation
campaign raising more than $160,000
USD in its support of local food banks and pantries.
"Hikma is dedicated to serving our communities as so many people
continue to struggle financially due to the COVID-19 pandemic,"
said Hana Ramadan, Vice President,
Corporate Social Responsibility at Hikma. "We are extremely
grateful to all of our employees who deserve full credit for
providing over 600,000 meals to those in need during these
challenging times. We are looking forward to working with our
partners throughout 2021."
Today's commitment to donate an additional $40,000 USD follows Hikma's recent fundraising
initiatives to help address the unprecedented increase in food
demand caused by COVID-19 related job losses and furloughs. The
funds will be granted to the following food banks and pantries with
which Hikma has existing relationships:
- Bedford, OH: The Emergency
Assistance Center (TEAC) has provided food, clothing and personal
hygiene items to Northern Summit
County neighbors in need for more than 25 years.
- Cherry Hill, NJ: The Cherry
Hill Food Pantry(CHFP) is dedicated to supplying groceries and
related social services to needy families and individuals in
Cherry Hill and the surrounding
communities.
- Grove City, Ohio: Mid-Ohio
Food Collective, an affiliate food bank of Feeding America,
provides enough food for about 170,000 meals each day to help
stabilize families.
- Berkeley Heights, NJ: The
Community Food Bank of New Jersey,
an affiliate of Feeding America, is the leading anti-hunger and
anti-poverty organization in the state.
"Hikma's contributions will go a long way towards helping us to
connect food to our neighbors," said Matt
Habash, President and CEO of Mid-Ohio Food Collective. "More
than 28% of our customers are coming to us for help for the very
first time. Since the pandemic hit in March
2020, more than 187,000 families have made more than 1
million visits to our partner agencies across our 20-county
footprint. This contribution allows us to continue our work towards
ending hunger and stabilizing families."
"We are immensely grateful to Hikma, its leadership team and
employees ensuring that we can continue our mission in the fight
against hunger," said Joyce Hunt,
Executive Director of The Emergency Assistance Center.
Ramadan continued, "In addition to this financial commitment, we
plan to reinstate monthly volunteer days and launch individual
campaigns with all four of these organizations to further support
the communities we live and work in."
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About Hikma
Hikma Pharmaceuticals PLC (LSE: HIK)
(NASDAQ Dubai: HIK) (OTC: HKMPY) (rated BBB-/stable S&P,
BBB-/stable Fitch and Ba1/stable Moody's)
Hikma helps put better health within reach every day for
millions of people in more than 50 countries around the world. For
more than 40 years, we've been creating high-quality medicines and
making them accessible to the people who need them. Headquartered
in the UK, we are a global company with a local presence across
the United States (US), the
Middle East and North Africa (MENA) and Europe, and we use our unique insight and
expertise to transform cutting-edge science into innovative
solutions that transform people's lives. We're committed to our
customers, and the people they care for, and by thinking creatively
and acting practically, we provide them with a broad range of
branded and non-branded generic medicines. Together, our 8,600
colleagues are helping to shape a healthier world that enriches all
our communities. We are a leading licensing partner, and through
our venture capital arm, are helping bring innovative health
technologies to people around the world. For more information,
please visit: www.hikma.com.
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