Airtel Ghana has donated items worth GHC 5000 to the 37 children of the Christ-Faith Orphanage at Frafraha in the Greater Accra region. The donation was part of activities to mark the May Day celebration. The items donated included clothing, school bags, shoes, bags of rice, gallons of cooking oil and other essential household items to help run the home. Apart from the donations, Airtel staff also adopted all 37 children at the orphanage to make regular contributions for their upkeep.
Airtel Ghana has been noted for their outstanding Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiatives. Notable among them was the ‘Touching Lives’ television programme, which granted the wishes of ordinary Ghanaians who have made impressive contributions towards the success of their families or communities. Airtel has also been involved in remarkable CSR projects like the total refurbishment of the Krobo Odumase Presbyterian and the Himakrom Methodist schools in the Eastern and Western regions respectively.
The Director for Human Resource, Administration and CSR at Airtel, Ms. Fafali Dzobo, said “The idea was to put smiles on the faces of these young people. We also wanted them to feel a part of a bigger, happy family”. The Airtel team had various interactions with the children and caretakers of the home. They also encouraged the children to take their studies seriously so they become eminent people in future.
The supervisor at the orphanage, Mrs. Henrietta Agyeman, was full of praise for Airtel, especially for the gifts and time spent with them. She said, “Such donations motivate us to keep up with our good work. It is our prayer that other organizations will emulate the good example exhibited by Airtel”.
####
About Airtel in Africa
Airtel is the new brand name for the 16 Zain operations across Africa which was acquired by Airtel International in June 2010. Airtel is driven by the vision of providing affordable and innovative mobile services to all. Airtel has African operations in: Burkina Faso, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Madagascar, Niger, Nigeria, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia. Airtel International is a Bharti Airtel company. For more information, please visit www.airtel.com
About Bharti Airtel Limited
Bharti Airtel Limited is a leading global telecommunications company with operations in 19 countries across Asia and Africa. The company offers mobile voice & data services, fixed line, high speed broadband, IPTV, DTH, turnkey telecom solutions for enterprises and national & international long distance services to carriers. Bharti Airtel has been ranked among the six best performing technology companies in the world by BusinessWeek. Bharti Airtel had over 218 million customers across its operations at the end of March 2011. To know more please visit, www.airtel.com
Mavis Kumi
Airtel Ghana
M: 0266 000 859
E: mavis.kumi@gh.airtel.com
Kenneth Kwawu
Ogilvy Africa Media
M: 0268811347
E: Kenneth.kwawu@ogilvyafricamediagh.com