Alpro, Solae, Vitasoy & WhiteWave provide support for Haiti

Further to a multinational effort to promote and facilitate soyfoods donations for Haiti, a number of major companies have already provided commitments.

Europe’s soyfood company Alpro NV and soy-based ingredients company Solae have committed financial support for the effort.

Vitasoy and WhiteWave are donating aseptic beverages.

These first soyfood donations are being made via Feed the Children, a US-based non-governmental organization (NGO) with a branch in Canada whose mission is to provide food to people in need.

It has the capability to collect and warehouse food donations and are working with a variety of recipient organizations in Haiti.

With the ad-hoc international group known as Share for Soyfoods Haiti Alliance Relief Effort, work is underway to solicit more donations as well as to facilitate logistics and distribution.

Contact with World Food Program has also revealed their request for cooking oil and ready-to-eat foods.

Currently there are about 250,000 people receiving food relief in Haiti while estimates of the actual number needing such support are about 900,000.