Thursday, April 23, 2020
To Support the Daily Workers Affected by the COVID-19, Orange Egypt to cooperate with Fawry and Awlad Ragab in providing Thousands of Daily Workers with Ramadan boxes
As part of its continuous efforts to alleviate the negative repercussions of the COVID-19 crisis on Egyptian citizens, Orange Egypt has cooperated with Fawry, e-payment Solutions Company and Awlad Ragab to provide thousands of families of daily workers with food boxes in 12 governorates on occasion of Ramadan.
Orange Egypt participated in this initiative in an attempt to support the state’s efforts that comes inline of its role as a digital, efficient and responsible company towards the community aiming to reduce the financial burdens on the daily workers affected by the Coronavirus pandemic which directly affected their daily income.
In this initiative, Orange Egypt has sent text messages to thousands of daily workers that includes a special code where daily workers can use as a voucher to redeem from the nearest branch of “Awlad Ragab” stores and get a box containing essential food supplies to cover the holy month of Ramadan. And in order to facilitate the operational aspects of this initiative, Orange and Fawry were keen to use an integrated digital system by activating e-services that work efficiently in the current situation that helps in avoiding the overcrowding and making the process as smooth as possible.
Commenting on the initiative, Hala Abdel Wadood, Head of Public Relations and Corporate Social Responsibility at Orange Egypt, said “The campaigns that we have recently initiated to contribute combating the new pandemic outbreak - whether financially or psychologically- are a top priority for the company in general in during this pandemic in specific where we always aim to positively affected people and contribute to changing their lives for the better.”
On the other hand, Ahmed Nader, Commercial Director of Fawry, stated, “The cooperation between Fawry, Orange and Awlad ragab through an integrated digital system, helps to determine the needy families, communicate with them and aid them safely without crowding. The three companies used their technological capabilities to support these families in such critical time.”