Citi Pakistan Volunteers Support Six Different Events across Pakistan during Citi's Global Community Day
Citi employees joined together in volunteer service to celebrate the third Global Community Day on Saturday, November 08, 2008.Employees from 100 countries and 600 cities participated in over a thousand volunteer events across the world.
Citi Pakistan employees in Karachi, Islamabad and Lahore voluntarily forfeited their weekend to devote time to their communities as part of Citi's global effort to celebrate employee volunteerism. More than 150 volunteers across Pakistan, including employees and their families and friends, worked on Saturday, November 08 to provide support to six different projects in Islamabad, Karachi and Lahore.
30 volunteers participated in “ Paint a School” and “ Clean Up & Plant A Tree “ activity for DIL ( Development In Literacy) schools in Orangi Town in collaboration with Horticultural Society of Pakistan ( HSP) in Karachi. 40 volunteers geared up to paint the school for the underprivileged children run by The Citizen’s Foundation School (TCF)in Lahore. In Islamabad, 50 volunteers teamed up with Pakistan Red Crescent Society (PRCS) and American Red Cross (ARC) to donate blood and attend their volunteer recruitment program in addition to a book donation drive held at 26 branches throughout Pakistan. Almost 250 books were collected for children aged 4 – 14 years and donated to The Citizens Foundation.
Citi Country Officer and Managing Director, Arif Usmani and several of Citi's senior management were all part of the volunteer brigade.
"Citi is committed to mobilizing the enthusiasm and talents of our employees so that they can make a positive difference in the communities where we work together. Citi's Global Community Day is company-wide, with tens of thousands of volunteers in Asia Pacific, Latin America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and North America. It is a symbol of the many ways we try to make a difference - through our business practices, our philanthropy and our volunteerism," said Arif Usmani .
TCF Regional Manager Col. Anwer also present at the Lahore event said "We are thankful to Citi Volunteers for their time, effort and dedication. Though painting a school is quite a tedious task, the enthusiasm exhibited by Citi Volunteers made this activity very enjoyable."
Zeba Shafi, Regional Manager, Sindh for DIL said: “Over 3000 students are attending DIL supervised schools in Orangi. Painting and beautifying the schools by planting trees was a much needed exercise in these schools and the children had a great time interacting with Citi Volunteers.”
Durdana Soomro , Convenor, HSP 60 years celebration sub-committee , said: "HSP has been working since 1948 to develop awareness and appreciation of plants and trees. We are thankful to Citi Volunteers for joining with us in teaching children how to plant and take care of our trees and environment."
Fahmida Iqbal Khan , Program Manager, American Red Cross said: “ We appreciate the voluntary spirit exhibited by Citi employees and hope that more corporate institutions come forward and follow their example. Volunteering time for the benefit of the community is an act of true selflessness especially in today’s hectic working environment.”
Ateeb Siddiqui, Director Operations, PRCS also said: “It is heartening to see Citi employees being so generous with their free time, and moreover we really appreciate the positive impact this day has had on our young patients.”
Citi employees are encouraged to devote time to community service and celebrate such efforts with families and friends. Citi not only supports volunteerism but rewards it through a Volunteer Incentive program, dedicated volunteer days, and a Volunteer Management system.
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