This morning , the Kenyan gash - bloom manufacture warmed the hearts of patients at the Kenyatta National Hospital with flowers . Kenya Flower Council ( KFC ) , ensured that these patients did not miss the traditional Valentine ’s Day gift as 28 KFC member farms donated prime . " We require to say it at menage that there is " promise in the days ahead " to our patients - not just on Valentine ’s Day , but every day of the class " , says Clement Tulezi , CEO of KFC .
This dawn , Tulezi and his squad rifle to the Kenyatta National Hospital to hand out the blossom . " It was such an experience to see patients apprize the love and care march by us handing over a sweetness of flush . Some have been at the hospital for over 6 years . Many have even been forget by their kin . And by all odds not expecting any gift this Valentine ’s . You could see in their eye how they are moved by this mere motion . "
" KFC is proud to be relate with take care of our community on behalf of all its member and the blossom industry . It ’s part of our sustainability opening move . We were inform that this was a fist at Kenyatta National Hospital "
Flower industry - authoritative to the communityOf every 100 heyday traversing the globe , 7 will be from Kenya - the fourthly - largest cut - flowers producer in the earth , behind the Netherlands , Colombia and Ecuador . In Europe , that figure drop dead up : 4 in every 10 cut flowers are from Kenya .
Cut flush earned Kenya KES , 113 Billion in 2018 a 38 cent increase compared to 2017 . In accession to being among Kenya ’s high contributor to extraneous exchange , the floriculture industry employs over 150,000 of which more than half woman , and overall creates employment for more than a million people indirectly and impacting in excess of 6 million lives .
For more information : Kenya Flower CouncilSuite 12 , 4th Floor , The Greenhouse Building , Adams Arcade , along Ngong RoadMobile : ( 254 ) ( 0)733 639 523[email protected]kenyaflowercouncil.org
