In light of COVID-19, extends its existing brand campaign to ‘Waqt Kuch Auro Ke Liye Banane Ka’
National, June 18th, 2020: As India navigates the COVID-19 pandemic and with the economy opening up, local citizens wearing masks has become an essential part of their daily lives. Gemini® Sunflower Oil, the flagship brand of Cargill’s oils business in India and Maharashtra’s leading cooking oil brand has launched #MaskBanaoMovement with a new campaign. Gemini’s ‘Waqt Kuch Auro Ke Liye Banane Ka’ campaign is a rallying call to everyone to extend a helping hand by contributing masks to people in the community who lack access to them. This movement aligns with Gemini’s existing brand campaign ‘Waqt Kuch Apna Banane’ that encourages homemakers to chase their dreams and make something of their own. In this case, we are encouraging them to help others by contributing homemade masks.
This is a three- week movement starting from 12th June 2020 till 3rd July 2020. To execute this initiative, Gemini® Sunflower Oil is working with Concern India Foundation to collect the finished masks in Mumbai and Pune. Consumers can login to www.geminicookingoil.com where they can learn how to make masks at home through easy Do- It- Yourself steps and share their location details for collection. These masks will be collected from home and at the end of the campaign all the collected masks will be sanitized by Concern India Foundation and donated to the people in the community, who need them the most.
This #MaskBanaoMovement is supported by the TV personalities and influencers including Genelia Deshmukh, Sonalee Kulkarni, Swapnil Joshi who are actively involved in making masks and spreading the message.
Speaking about the movement, Mr. Piyush Patnaik, Managing Director said, “Gemini® is a brand which understands homemakers and helps them free up their time and channelize it into something creative and enriching. In the current scenario, through the campaign ‘Waqt Kuch Auro Ke Liye Banane Ka’, we are encouraging consumers to support their community. We should undoubtedly come together and lend a helping hand to those who need it the most. Given the fact that wearing masks is a key part of our lives for the foreseeable future, this movement is aimed at encouraging consumers to be a part of this endeavor. Together we can overcome this unprecedented difficult situation.”
Commenting on the initiative, Kavita Shah, Chief Executive Officer, Concern India Foundation said ” We are happy to partner with Gemini® Sunflower Oil for the #MaskBanaoMovement. The movement has the potential to encourage us to participate and play a role for the greater good of the community. We are fortunate to take forward this opportunity to bring the masks created by women from the community to those who need them. We are sure this initiative will see a great deal of participation from consumers and their support will make the movement more impactful.”
With the view to make movement more impactful, Gemini® Sunflower Oil has curated an audio visual that pivots around a little child who is asking for his mother’s help with some stationery such as marble paper, glue, rubber band, and scissors, etc. Initially the mother assumes that her child is working on an art project; however, post taking a closer look, she realizes that he is trying to make a mask at home, for his family and those around him like the milkman, house helper, etc. The mother appreciates his thoughtfulness and alertness of the young one towards the community and eventually joins him in the task. The AV showcases the mother accessing Gemini’s website to understand the step by step process of mask making. The AV can be accessed here
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About Cargill in India
In India, Cargill started operations in 1987. It has businesses in refined oils, food ingredients, grain and oilseeds, cotton, animal nutrition, bio-industrial and trade structured finance. Cargill in India market leading consumer brands of edible oils such as Nature Fresh, Gemini™, Sweekar, Leonardo Olive Oil, Rath and Sunflower brand of hydrogenated fats. It also markets wheat flour under the Nature Fresh brand name. The animal nutrition business of Cargill provides animal feed and premix and nutrition for aqua, dairy and poultry. It markets animal feed and premix under the brands such as Provimi, Purina, and EWOS. The Cargill’s grains and oilseeds crush business originates grains and oilseeds at 200 storage locations. Overall the company employs more than 3,500 employees working across offices and plants and a network of offices, warehouses and depots.
About Gemini
Gemini became a part of Cargill’s food business in India in 2004. The brand is leading brand in Maharashtra with the market share of 26%. The brand is available across the length and breadth of Maharashtra and Karnataka, in variants including sunflower oil, soybean oil, groundnut oil, Vanaspati and recently launched, rice bran oil – and enjoys the trust and reassurance spanning generations. The strong distribution network along with Cargill’s back-end expertise has contributed to the brand’s success in its focus markets. Gemini is available in various sku ranging from 500 ML to 15 packaging options.
