Doha: Twenty students from Classes 11 & 12 of MES Indian School participated in the voluntary humanitarian initiative launched by Qatar Cancer Society (QCS) at the Lulu Hypermarket branches on October 30. The objective of the volunteering was to create awareness and donate generously to support the QCS.
As part of the assigned task, the volunteering students interacted with the customers and encouraged them to buy products from sections exclusively marked in pink, as a certain percentage would go as proceeds from such products to the QCS, when scanned the QR Code at the billing counters for an automatic credit of donation within the cost of the product purchased. MES Indian School is the only school engaged in the noble cause of supporting the initiatives of QCS even during the pandemic.
The volunteering students were honoured with certificates and compliments at a felicitation ceremony organized at the Conference Hall of the school on November 19 in recognition of their initiatives. Speaking on the occasion, Nisreen Yahya Head of Events and Volunteering Department, QCS expressed her gratitude for the volunteering service of the students on behalf of QCS and thanked the school for its exceptional involvement in the community service.
Congratulating the volunteers, Hameeda Kadar, School Principal encouraged the students to take part in helping the society and uphold the core values of MES that is CARE Compassion-Achievement-Respect and Empathy. The school officials, media personnel, Jancy Mol Varghese – Media Coordinator QCS, were among those present on the occasion.
