LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The Herbalife Family Foundation granted funds to children’s charities in Belgium, Malaysia and Paraguay to provide children with better nutrition.
Through HFF’s Casa Herbalife program, the Pedagogisch Centrum Wagenschot in Belgium will receive funds for a long-term project to train young people for a career in catering - helping them learn how to cook, work with food and understand general nutrition principles. Founded in 1988, the center works to teach new skills and create opportunities for these young people with emotional and behavioral problems as they are integrated back into society. This becomes the 24th Casa Herbalife program in Herbalife’s Europe, Middle East and Africa region.
Malaysia’s Good Samaritan Home in Klang, Selangor serves over 70 children, who were abandoned or from homes where their parents can’t take care of them. A kitchen renovation will begin shortly, supported in part by the grant. This is the second Casa Herbalife program established in Malaysia.
In the capital city of Asuncion, Fundación Cooperadora para la Nutrición Infantil (Cooperative for Children’s Nutrition) combats children’s malnutrition in a highly impoverished area of Paraguay. The initial grant will help to provide support for the organization’s food budget and cooking classes for mothers of malnourished children. This organization serves the entire community teaching mothers to take better care of their young children and provides necessary resources (food, supplements, clean drinking water) to the children and families served.
In 2011, Herbalife Family Foundation established Casa Herbalife programs at nine organizations, for a total of 71 programs established since the program’s inception in 2005. After the initial grants made by HFF, the organizations receive local financial and volunteer support from Herbalife Independent Distributors and corporate employees.
HFF is a 501 C(3), non-profit corporation dedicated to improving children's lives by helping organizations provide healthy nutrition to children at risk. Additionally, HFF often supports relief efforts in response to natural disasters.
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Herbalife Ltd. (NYSE:HLF) is a global nutrition company that sells weight-management, nutrition, and personal care products intended to support a healthy lifestyle. Herbalife products are sold in 79 countries through a network of approximately 2.5 million independent distributors. The company supports the Herbalife Family Foundation and its Casa Herbalife program to help bring good nutrition to children. Herbalife's website contains a significant amount of information about Herbalife, including financial and other information for investors at http://ir.Herbalife.com. The company encourages investors to visit its website from time to time, as information is updated and new information is posted.
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Released Dec 20, 2011 • 1:46pm EST