Marlu Seychelles donates tuna loins to education ministry’s lunch programme |07 October 2022

The handover of the donation (Photo: Patrick Joubert)

Marlu Seychelles, a fishing and fish export company based at Providence and has its head office at Orion Mall, has donated a consignment of fresh tuna loins to the Ministry of Education.

The 300kg of tuna loins worth R40,000 will be used by Pam’s Catering services at Ile Perseverance in the preparation of free lunches for primary and secondary school learners across the country.

It was the company’s customer service manager, Yvonne Ernesta, and the group HR and admin manager Lucianne Ally, who presented the loins to the general manager of Pam’s catering services, Pamela Albest, in a small ceremony held on Wednesday afternoon at the latter’s catering services. 

Present were representatives of the ministry, the company and the catering services.

In her opening remarks on behalf of the Ministry of Education, Regina Prosper, the director health, safety and risk management, said that the ministry was honoured to receive the donation from Marlu Seychelles.

She noted the generous gesture from the company shows that there are people out there who understand the importance of a healthy meal for the Seychellois students and hopes that the partnership continues.    

Speaking on behalf of the company, Lucianne Ally said that the reason for the donation is that the company has seen it important to support the ministry’s initiative to provide free lunch to students, which is a good cause.

She said she hopes that the fish will be a boost to the children’s diet and will make them more productive.     

For her part, Mrs Albest, who also welcomed the donation in her possession, said that the consignment of fish has come at an opportune time given that they are encountering some problems with their supplier.

She said she will ensure that the students get the best of dishes from the tuna loins.

Mrs Ernesta later said that the whole idea of the presentation was for them to give back to the community.

She added that the donation was part of the company’s outreach programme which will continue with the Ministry of Education, including with the more vulnerable organisations in the country, such as with the residents at old people’s homes and the children at orphanages to which they have already made certain donations of fish.  

Patrick Joubert