Air Seychelles Extend Support to Orphanages in Seychelles
Air Seychelles today donated various items to
the National Council for Children (NCC), the body responsible for the
protection and safety of the children in Seychelles.
The donation including
confectionaries and a wide range of packaged food items was handed over to the
Director of President’s Village, Brigitte Balette in the presence of NCC’s
Chief Executive Officer, Jean-Claude Matombe by the Air Seychelles Head of
Corporate Affairs, Sheryl Barra during a small ceremony held at the NCC
headquarters in Bel Air.
The items which will be distributed to the
Children’s home across the island by the NCC was a great initiative from the
employees of the airline as part of its yearly corporate social responsibility
of giving back to communities where it matters.
Speaking at the event, Air Seychelles Head of
Corporate Affairs said: “As the national airline we are committed in making a
positive contribution and a real difference within the Seychelles community.
“Encompassing the traditional end-of-year
corporate social responsibility activities where the
national airline host an event at a specific orphanage locally, late last year
we opted to go for another approach.
“As such with the support of the staff
members we managed to conduct a campaign internally across the business whereby
the staff extended their support towards this project by contributing various
items useful for the children’s home.
“For their kind hearted support towards this
project I would like to take this opportunity to express my gratitude to all
the Air Seychelles staff members for their generous contributions and also the
NCC for their support in accepting the donation on behalf of all the orphanages.”
NCC CEO, Jean – Claude Matombe thanked Air
Seychelles staff for their generous donation by saying: “We are so lucky to
have you as a donor , and it is this act of kindness that helps us to realize
that there are unsung heroes out there, who believes in the future of the less
fortunate.
“Air Seychelles is helping our children
spread their wings because this donation will to a large extent, help to
provide quality care for children and to further strengthened our programme to
improve the overall well-being of children, hence words cannot really express
how grateful we are today.”
