Air Arabia opens school in Kerala

Trissur: Air Arabia, a leading budget airline in the Middle East and Africa, in collaboration with Sharjah Charity International has announced the opening of its latest Charity Cloud School in the Trissur district of Kerala, India.
The school, built as part of Air Arabia’s Charity Cloud project initiative that is driven by on-board passenger donations, is the company’s first community school project in India and is in line with Air Arabia’s corporate social responsibility (CSR) programme for 2009, said a company statement.
The school will offer quality education to children from underprivileged sections of society.
Air Arabia became one of the first companies from the region to introduce a sustainable CSR programme when it launched the “Charity Cloud” project in collaboration with Sharjah Charity International in 2005, the statement said.
The programme is aimed at raising funds for community development initiatives through on-board passenger donations.
The fund collections are reviewed annually and invested in health and education projects in impoverished nations through a planned CSR programme, it added.
A senior delegation from Air Arabia and Sharjah Charity International attended the inauguration of the school.
Air Arabia is not only committed to providing affordable air travel but also aims to actively engage with local communities to achieve better health and education for the underprivileged, an airline official said.
21/06/09 Trade Arabia, UAE

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Categories: Foreign Jun 2009