I have always believed that life is all about helping others especially the needy ones, peeping through the windows of my past the most memorable moments I can see are the ones in which I did something good to help others.
I wanted to get more and more involved in such activities but never got a chance until I got to know about the Cybercom CSR program and then was selected as a CSR ambassador for 2012. That was indeed a great moment for me, as now I knew Cybercom had given me the chance to be involved in social activities throughout the year.
Being a CSR ambassador I considered it my responsibility to not only think of different ways to help the children in SOS Rwanda but also to help all other Cybercom employees understand what CSR is and to get them involved in it as well. I thus came up with the idea of giving all the employees an option of donating to help these children in SOS Rwanda by briefing them shortly on how and where the funds they donate are going to be utilized. Moreover as collecting funds is normally not easy because of the employees being spread out on different projects throughout the world, I suggested that they get the amount they want to donate to be deducted from their monthly salary by sending an email to the payroll department. In this way we had one easy central point of collection and the response from the employees was simply remarkable, within a weeks’ time the funds donated by the employees jumped to 30K Swedish kronor.
CSR team has planned to use these funds to set up a new computer lab with latest computers at SOS School Rwanda.
As they say “Many a drop make a ocean”, and as almost all employees got involved in the CSR activity and donated funds, we were able to make a very handsome amount sufficient for a new computer lab, a lot of orphans will now have some good computer education because of the combined effort of all of you. You have taken a step towards building a better society and if all of us keep up this good work we sure will make a big difference.
The donation from the employees is a clear indication that each and every one of us wants to help contribute to a better society; it’s just that a good platform is needed. And now as we have the Cybercom CSR platform we should not just stop here but carry out the CSR activities throughout the year.
Thanks to Cybercom for giving us the opportunity to get involved in CSR activities and help making a better society. Thumbs Up!
Ammar Raza
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