Iftar meals daily throughout Ramadan in Ooredoo’s tent

Keeping its yearly tradition of leading charitable and humanitarian initiatives, Ooredoo Kuwait started distributing Iftar meals to the needy, an initiative fully operated by members of its volunteer program for the fourth consecutive year. Members of the program this year, who exceeded 300, are distributing hundreds of meals in the company’s Iftar tent opposite its head office in Kuwait City, and via a designated vehicle that goes to specific places to reach the biggest number of laborers and families in need, the initiative’s target audience.

This annual initiative is in line with the company’s core values of caring, connecting, and challenging. Through this initiative, Ooredoo aims to empower youth, a targeted segment of its corporate social responsibility strategy, to support underserved communities, which is one of the main pillars of the company’s overall CSR philosophy.

Commenting on this, Ooredoo Kuwait’s Corporate Communications Senior Director Mijbil Alayoub lauded the efforts of the participants in the volunteer program, thanking them for their dedication and commitment to charitable initiatives throughout the year and especially during the holy month of Ramadan. “We have been working with our volunteers for over four years now, and it is their passion and dedication that keep pushing us to do this year after year.”

He also underscored the company’s commitment to involving staff from its different departments in those charitable initiatives, which include aside from meal distribution several visits to care centers of the elderly, the orphanage, children with special needs, and hospital wards, to share the festive spirit of Ramadan.

Ooredoo’s volunteer program succeeded to attract hundreds of participants throughout the years, providing them with the necessary tools through training and workshops before matching them with volunteer opportunities in Kuwait. The program, which is co-managed by Spread the Passion non-profit organization, received an honorary award from the Ministry of State for Youth Affairs in 2015 for being a leader in youth volunteerism.