(MENAFN- Muscat Daily) Muscat- Bank Sohar recently made a contribution to the Association for the Welfare of Handicapped Children, Dhank, as part of its comprehensive corporate social responsibility programme Sohar al Atta. The bank's donation will fund the purchase of necessary equipment for the well-being of the association members.
Munira Abdulnabi Macki, GM - HR and Corporate Support, Bank Sohar, said, 'Bank Sohar is an organisation that is strongly committed to being socially responsible. Over the years, we have been consistently proactive towards empowering Oman's youth, communities, women and spearheading projects that fuel sustainable development under the Sohar al Atta social responsibility programme. Reaching out to the Association for the Welfare of Handicapped Children in Dhank builds on a longstanding good relationship with them, and comes as part of our commitment to social responsibility at large.'
The donation cheque was handed over to Salim Abdullah al Rubkhi, board member of the Association for the Welfare of Handicapped Children, by Mazin Mahmood al Raisi, sr AGM Marketing and Customer Experience, Bank Sohar at the Rustaq branch.
Mahra Salim al Saadi, supervisor of the association's Dhank branch, said, 'We appreciate the support of Bank Sohar in helping us reach our goals. It means a lot to us that a reputed financial institution such as Bank Sohar has faith in what we do and, more importantly, recognises the importance of integrating every social strata of society with the mainstream through consistent and conscious outreach initiatives. We look forward to their continued support.'
Bank Sohar's assistance to the association joins a list of similar efforts that aims to provide timely aid to a wide variety of charity and non-profit organisations across the sultanate. They range from child care centres, associations devoted to disability causes and charity associations and much more.
Over the years, Bank Sohar has supported over 30 organisations numerous times around the sultanate under its social responsibility programme striving to ensure that its contributions are carefully planned and evaluated in order to diversify and reach the maximum number of people, especially those in most need of it, offering recipients positive support and making meaningful change.
In recognition of its contributions, Bank Sohar has received numerous accolades for its CSR efforts locally, regionally and internationally. The most recent of these awards was winning the first place within the private sector in the third edition of the Road Safety Awards organised by the Royal Oman Police, becoming the first bank in Oman to win the prestigious title.
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