Greenland Fedha on 9th March, 2020, donated 50 hand-wash stations and 3000 masks to the tea farming community in Mudete Tea Factory area. This will assist farmers in the catchment protect themselves from the COVID-19 virus, as well as improve their general hygiene.
The donation is part of a 100,000 Euro grant received from FMO, one of Greenland Fedha financiers, directed towards mitigating the spread of the virus among tea farmers.
Eleven other KTDA managed factories have received the donations, namely Ngere, Kagwe, Githambo, Ragati, Kimunye, Rukuriri, Weru, Kapkatet, Kapset, Nyansiongo and Nyamache tea factories.
The project was also done in partnership with KTDA Foundation.