Grameenphone Distributed Winter Clothes
Grameenphone on Tuesday 16 January 2007 distributed blankets and winter clothes among some 1,500 affected poor people at Ashrafabad High School, Matbor Bazar in the Kamrangir Char area of Dhaka city.
Extended support
Grameenphone CEO, Erik Aas and Kafil H.S. Muyeed, Director of the New Business Division in Grameenphone took part in this distribution initiative along with about 45 GP employees.
During this event, Erik Aas commented, "Every year, Grameenphone organizes and distributes warm clothes and blankets among the affected people. But this year, realizing the ferocity of the cold-wave, we decided to extend our support in different affected parts throughout the country. We look forward to contribute in the community in the future as well and thus live by our vision to help."
Donation of blankets and winter clothes
In addition to Grameenphone's contribution, the company called for donations from its employees, both centrally and regionally. Through this initiative, Grameenphone and its employees donated and then distributed some 12,400 blankets and 50 cartons of winter clothes among the affected poor people across the country.
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