Grameenphone's majority shareholder, Telenor ASA's subsidiaries in Denmark and Pakistan have made donations for the rehabilitation of Sidr victims in Bangladesh.
Employees of Sonofon in Denmark and Telenor Pakistan have made the donations for the rehabilitation of cyclone victims in Bangladesh. Telenor's wholly-owned subsidiary Sonofon, has donated BDT 1 million towards Grameenphone's fund for the rehabilitation of the Sidr victims. At the same time, Telenor Pakistan has donated another BDT 1 million to Grameenphone to support the rehabilitation work that the company is currently undertaking in the cyclone-affected districts.
"The contribution made by the employees of the two Telenor subsidiaries to the help the cyclone-affected people is an excellent gesture of caring and is very much appreciated," says Grameenphone CEO Anders Jensen.
Earlier, Grameenphone made a contribution of BDT 10 million to the Chief Adviser's Relief Fund. In addition, Telenor, the majority shareholder of Grameenphone, had donated another BDT 23 million and the GP employees contributed their one-day's salary towards the relief effort.
Grameenphone has also set up donation boxes in 50 Grameenphone Centers to collect donations from subscribers. The collection will continue till 20 December, 2007 and will later be donated to the Chief Advisor's Relief Fund.
The company has been actively involved in the emergency relief efforts for the recent cyclone affected people over the last few weeks. The first phase of the relief effort concluded in last week of November. During the first phase, total of 11,000 family packs were distributed and 7,000 patients were treated in 10 medical camps in different districts, namely, Madaripur, Patuakhali, Barguna, Pirojpur, Jhalokhati, Bagerhat, Gopalganj and Shariatpur.
In the second phase, which started in the first week of December and is still ongoing, a total of 7000 family packs are being distributed in the Khulna and Barisal regions. Keeping in mind that winter is approaching, a blanket and a saree/lungi have been also included in the family packs. Six medical camps have been set up in the 2nd phase. So far 3,000 patients have been treated and 6,000 more are expected to get medical service in the coming weeks.
Additionally, temporary shelters, made from Grameenphone's old billboard vinyl, were built and handed over to 400 families in Barguna district.
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