LOS ANGELES—(BUSINESS WIRE)—Oct. 5, 2006—The Herbalife Family Foundation (HFF) has established two new Casa Herbalife programs at Ministerios de Amor, A.C. in Mexico and Acres of Love in South Africa, supporting children in need through good nutrition.
In 2005, HFF introduced Casa Herbalife, a program to help provide healthy and nutritious meals by partnering with existing charities serving children. This program for children-at-risk is named after Casa Herbalife, an orphanage the HFF built in Brazil in 1998 and continues to support today.
One of the obstacles to serve more children at Mexico City's Ministerios de Amor, A.C. facility in Iztapalapa has been the lack of an industrial kitchen necessary to serve the 200 children the facility can care for. The new Casa Herbalife program at this location will allow the organization to complete a comprehensive kitchen remodeling project, which includes all new equipment and supplies, and industrial appliances.
Ministerios de Amor, A.C. is committed to working with children considered high risk, homeless, orphaned or born to parents in prisons (receiving them at birth and up to the age of 15), saving them from abuse and abandonment. The organization is committed to upholding the rights of children by providing them with integral support in the areas of health, education, nutrition and dwelling. HFF has supported Ministerios de Amor, A.C. since 1999.
Acres of Love, in South Africa, was founded in 1998 to support orphans and abandoned children living with or affected by HIV and AIDS in and around Johannesburg. With 12 houses in the city, its aim is to provide 'forever' homes for each child, ensuring he or she receives the long-term care and assistance they need to develop physically and emotionally. Some, but not all of the children, may later be adopted. Good nutrition plays a key role for all of them.
Herbalife CEO Michael O. Johnson visited both facilities with Herbalife independent distributors who, along with their colleagues, will be supporting the programs on a local basis moving forward.
These two new Casa Herbalife programs brings the total number established by the Herbalife Family Foundation worldwide to 17.
The Herbalife Family Foundation is a private, non-profit organization supported by Herbalife Ltd., its independent distributors, employees, friends and families. Created in 1994 by Herbalife founder Mark Hughes, the Herbalife Family Foundation's mission is helping children in need by offering support in overcoming life's most basic challenges, from escaping poverty, hunger and abuse to receiving adequate medical care and education. In addition to developing Casa Herbalife programs worldwide, HFF often responds to natural disasters by establishing special funds, as it did for victims of the tsunamis, earthquake and hurricanes that struck in 2004 and 2005.
In 2005, HFF introduced Casa Herbalife, a program to help provide healthy and nutritious meals by partnering with existing charities serving children. This program for children-at-risk is named after Casa Herbalife, an orphanage the HFF built in Brazil in 1998 and continues to support today.
One of the obstacles to serve more children at Mexico City's Ministerios de Amor, A.C. facility in Iztapalapa has been the lack of an industrial kitchen necessary to serve the 200 children the facility can care for. The new Casa Herbalife program at this location will allow the organization to complete a comprehensive kitchen remodeling project, which includes all new equipment and supplies, and industrial appliances.
Ministerios de Amor, A.C. is committed to working with children considered high risk, homeless, orphaned or born to parents in prisons (receiving them at birth and up to the age of 15), saving them from abuse and abandonment. The organization is committed to upholding the rights of children by providing them with integral support in the areas of health, education, nutrition and dwelling. HFF has supported Ministerios de Amor, A.C. since 1999.
Acres of Love, in South Africa, was founded in 1998 to support orphans and abandoned children living with or affected by HIV and AIDS in and around Johannesburg. With 12 houses in the city, its aim is to provide 'forever' homes for each child, ensuring he or she receives the long-term care and assistance they need to develop physically and emotionally. Some, but not all of the children, may later be adopted. Good nutrition plays a key role for all of them.
Herbalife CEO Michael O. Johnson visited both facilities with Herbalife independent distributors who, along with their colleagues, will be supporting the programs on a local basis moving forward.
These two new Casa Herbalife programs brings the total number established by the Herbalife Family Foundation worldwide to 17.
The Herbalife Family Foundation is a private, non-profit organization supported by Herbalife Ltd., its independent distributors, employees, friends and families. Created in 1994 by Herbalife founder Mark Hughes, the Herbalife Family Foundation's mission is helping children in need by offering support in overcoming life's most basic challenges, from escaping poverty, hunger and abuse to receiving adequate medical care and education. In addition to developing Casa Herbalife programs worldwide, HFF often responds to natural disasters by establishing special funds, as it did for victims of the tsunamis, earthquake and hurricanes that struck in 2004 and 2005.
