Dr. Mohamed Althaf, Director of Lulu Group, handing over the cheque to Taleb Abdullah Afifa, Board Member of Qatar Society for Rehabilitation of Special Needs.
Doha: The leading retailer Lulu Hypermarket has offered financial support to the Qatar Society for Rehabilitation of Special Needs for purchase of medical equipment as part of its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiatives and its ongoing endeavors towards humanitarian causes.
A cheque for QR100,000 was handed over by Dr. Mohamed Althaf, Director of Lulu Group to Taleb Abdullah Afifa, Board Member of Qatar Society for Rehabilitation of Special Needs in a ceremony held at Lulu Hypermarket’s regional headquarters located on the D-Ring Road. The event was attended by officials from Qatar Society for Rehabilitation of Special Needs and Lulu Hypermarket.
This initiative is considered as a contribution from Lulu hypermarket in achieving Qatar Society for Rehabilitation of Special Needs’ vision to shed light to the lives of people with special needs by extending solace to their insecurities, bringing them to the mainstream and making them eligible for their entitlements.
The Qatar Society for Rehabilitation of Special Needs commenced its activities as a charity society nearly two decades back under the Department of Social Affairs at the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs.
The Society endeavours to facilitate social, mental, academic and healthy rehabilitation for the people of special needs in the society commensurate with the Islamic principles, traditions, customs and peculiarities of the Qatari society, considering the innovation of services and programs to pace with the urban and humanitarian developments taking place in the society.
