Ooredoo with Day Out summer camp for kids celebrates gergian
Ooredoo, Kuwait’s fastest network, celebrated gergian with hundreds of kids in collaboration with Day Out summer and a musical performance by Sons of Yusuf music band in Jumeirah Hotel. The celebration included a performance by the band which gained popularity for its Kuwaiti-infused hip-hop tunes that are popular with the young generation. Ooredoo reiterated its commitment to celebrating events that matter to different segments of community, noting that the choice to collaborate with Sons of Yusuf comes in alignment with its deep-rooted values of supporting local talent.
Ooredoo also distributed gergian boxes which were assembled by children and volunteers during the company’s volunteer program gergian assembly event which took place last week. A big portion of the boxes was distributed in children’s hospital wards across Kuwait over the weekend. Earlier this month, Ooredoo kicked off its Ramadan program of activities with distributing hundreds of meals to the needy workers across Kuwait City with Ooredoo’s volunteer program truck. This is in addition to a distribution center in the company’s Ramadan tent, located across the head office on Soor Street. The initiatives were executed by Ooredoo’s own volunteer program members, led by the company’s Corporate Communications department.
Additionally, Ooredoo held an Iftar feast for the children of the Kuwait Down Syndrome Center and their parents and the attending staff as part of its community outreach and corporate social responsibility, sharing the festive spirits of the holy month. Ooredoo has previously collaborated with a number of entities in Kuwait, such as Abdullah Al Nouri institution to aid Syrian refugees in different part of the world, in addition its collaboration with the ‘Kiswat Al Khair’ campaign to distribute clothes for needy families during the holy month.
Also Ooredoo representatives has conducted a visit to ‘Yadawi’ centre to give the volunteers a comprehensive idea about how to recycle waste, sort, and reuse it in manufacturing children toys to be donated to children in need. The program will include participation from similar groups. Ooredoo reiterated its commitment to empowering youth and supporting groups that focus on volunteer work, and expressed its pride in partnering with reputable organizations throughout the month of Ramadan to encourage volunteer work.Empowering youth is among Ooredoo’s top priorities through its CSR strategy.