Social Responsibility

Hilton Hotels in Beirut Partner To Support SANAD The Home Hospice Organization of Lebanon

New initiative to support terminally-ill patients and their families

BEIRUT, Lebanon – October 28th , 2014 Hilton Beirut Metropolitan Palace and Hilton Beirut Habtoor Grand today launched a major joint community initiative in partnership with SANAD The Home Hospice Organization, to collect and donate funds to help improve the lives of patients with terminal illnesses and their families.

Alfa officially launches the free “Najat” application for the Lebanese Red Cross on smartphones

and calls subscribers to download the application and support Lebanese Red Cross teams in their humanitarian mission Beirut, Lebanon, October 27, 2014: Alfa, managed by Orascom Telecom, officially launched today the “Najat application” of the Lebanese Red Cross for smartphones, as part of its Corporate Social Responsibility strategy. The application is now available for free on app stores of iOS and Android mobile operating systems.

GS Puts a Smile on More Than 800 Children’s Faces

Beirut, October 2014 – In order to complete the initiative it had launched several months back in partnership with the non-governmental agency Teach a Child, GS, a leading house ofc, visited different schools around Lebanon and distributed the outfits it had created to less fortunate children.

Al Nahda Women’s Association thanks Al Hilal Bank for financing exclusive Mass Wedding for 10 Emirati couples

Initiative part of bank’s agenda to support the unique needs of low-income citizens

October 19, 2014 - The Al Nahda Women’s Association has expressed its sincere gratitude to Al Hilal Bank for financing a special event called ‘Mass Wedding Initiative 2014’ launched by the association to solemnify the partnership of 10 Emirati Couples.

Dubai Smart Government’s ePay generates AED 5 billion in first 9 months of 2014

Portal posts 25 percent year-over-year transaction increase

UAE, October 6, 2014 - Recent statistics from Dubai Smart Government (DSG) have revealed that approximately AED 5 billion was collected through its ePay portal, an increase of 25 per cent from January 1 to September 30, 2014, compared to the same period the previous year. The uptrend was accompanied by a 16 per cent increase in the number of completed transactions.

McDonald's raises 50,000,000 LL for the Children’s Cancer Center of Lebanon

Beirut, August 26, 2014 - McDonald’s Lebanon and its customers have once again supported the mission of the Children’s Cancer Center of Lebanon (CCCL) with a donation of LL50,000,000 generated from the donation boxes in their restaurants.

McDonald’s leadership team visited CCCL to deliver the check and spent some time with some of the children at The Center.