Airtel’s Touching Lives Season 4
Airtel Nigeria has announced its plan to berth the season 4 edition of its popular Touching Lives Initiative, an inspiring corporate social responsibility programme that offers relief, hope and opportunities to liberate and empower the underprivileged, disadvantaged and hard to reach persons in the society. Speaking at a press briefing in Lagos, the company’s Managing Director, and Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Segun Ogunsanya said Airtel is proud of what has been done for the past four years through the Airtel Touching Lives initiative. In his words, ‘there is no excuse for not doing good, not even to blame the economy for not doing good. For the past three seasons, Airtel has touched many lives, community, NGOs and have made many impacts’’ Ogunsanya said the idea centered on touching individuals lives which make it different from other corporate social responsibility projects. He maintained that though the economic situation poses a threat to business in the country but it won’t limit Airtel from touching more lives.
In the past three seasons, Airtel touching lives initiative has brought positivechangeinthelivesofthousandsofNigeriansbyprovidingpotable waterforseveralstarvedcommunities, builtmaternalandhealthcenters for remote communities, built and renovated schools to provide quality education to the less privileged. Also, the telco’s company has brought succor to thousands who are downtrodden, hard to reach, abandoned, neglected and condemned by family and society.