INITIATIVE | ibis hotels have joined hands with The Robin Hood Army
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ibis hotels along with The Robin Hood Army is extending their support to the community by providing meals to the less privileged.
Empathy is the need of the hour: Sylvain Laroche
ibis hotels have joined hands with The Robin Hood Army to extend their support to the community by providing meals to the less privileged. Through this initiative, ibis aims to deliver over 5000 meals every month across Delhi, Gurgaon, Jaipur, Nashik, Mumbai, Pune, Chennai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, and Kolkata.
“13 hotels from the ibis network have partnered with the local Robin Hood Army representatives to deliver cooked wholesome nutritious meals packed in biodegradable material to the needy. These meals are specially cooked for this initiative,” Sylvain Laroche, Director of Operations, ibis & ibis Styles, India informed ET HospitalityWorld.
In many cities ibis employees are delivering these meals themselves as some of the Robin Hood Army representatives were affected by Covid-19. This gave the employees an opportunity to go that extra mile.
“These are exceptionally challenging times, but we feel confident that as a community, we can get through this together,” said Laroche adding that as we recover from the deadly second wave of the pandemic, it is important to support each other and the community. “Empathy is the need of the hour. As an organization that prioritizes the safety and wellbeing of its guests and employees, we are doing everything we can to support those who need us,” he said.
The Robin Hood Army is zero funds, volunteer-based organization that has thousands of young professionals and citizens who have taken to the streets in their free time to fight global hunger, the team collects surplus food from restaurants and distributes it to the less fortunate.
“It makes me very proud to see our team members who continue to push their limits every day and have gone out of their way to help those who need us the most at this time,” Laroche mentioned.
In some cities, the ibis hotel teams are also doing their bit by distributing meals to frontline workers, traffic police who are working tirelessly round the clock. Few hotels have also associated with local NGOs to extend support to Covid-19 patients, nursing homes, and the needy.
