Officials from Lulu Hypermarket and Qatar Cancer Society during the fund hand over ceremony.
Doha: The leading retailer Lulu Hypermarket has donated QR150,000 to Qatar Cancer Society (QCS) that was accumulated by them through ‘Shop and Donate’ campaign to support the ongoing programs and plans of the QCS.
The fund was handed over to the authorities of QCS recently in a ceremony organised at Lulu Group’s Regional Headquarters on the D-Ring Road.
Lulu Hypermarket has been supporting QCS year after year for raising awareness on Cancer and promoting a culture of early detection, as part of its social responsibility. The ‘Shop and Donate’ campaign was launched in Lulu outlets in last October, whereby they allocated part of its sales proceeds of some products for the Charity’s activities. Every year Lulu Group has been repeating this exercise for supporting QCS activities - whether it be imparting awareness to the general public or supporting the treatment of cancer patients.
General Manager of QCS Mona Ashknani thanked the officials of Lulu hypermarket Qatar for their continuous support to the cause of charity, and commented that they always do their best to support the awareness efforts led by QCS in its ongoing fight against Cancer that needs permanent cooperation among all institutions and authorities.
She expressed happiness on this cooperation, which supports the society’s vision to become the community partnership platform for making Qatar a leader in cancer prevention and its burden control, and its mission that seeks to prevent Cancer and control its burden in Qatar by working with our partners to educate the community, and support, empower and advocate for individuals living with Cancer, and to engage in professional development and scientific research in the field of Cancer.
Mona hoped that this cooperation would continue for the benefit of society and the nation at large, calling on all state institutions to be partners with the charity in achieving its goals in the local community, especially with the community’s need further to spread awareness of Cancer and change stereotypes around it and that the time has come to shed light on this disease.
Regional Director of Lulu Group Shaijan MO said, “Lulu Group always looks forward to become a key partner in all social responsibility programs that benefit everyone residing in the State of Qatar, especially its cooperation with Qatar Cancer Society as a responsible retailer of the region we strongly believe that we have a significant role to play in society in the health sector as well as in charitable and humanitarian work.”
He affirmed that Lulu Hypermarket would continue to support Qatar Cancer Society in future as well and would spare its best efforts to enable QCS achieve its mission and goals.
