Pakistan’s favorite cellular network, is delighted to announce its participation in the first GSMA mHealth Grand Tour cycling event for diabetes awareness (www.mhealthtour.com), initiated by the Etisalat Group–, this is the first of its kind activity in the health sector being staged at an international platform which has been initiated by a cellular operator, let alone cellular group. A total of eight staff members including the Ufone team, officials of the Group and members from various OpCos will be selected to participate in a once in a lifetime, 2100km, four-country European expedition cycling from Brussels to Barcelona.
Two participants from Ufone have been shortlisted to be sent to Abu Dhabi for further fitness tests – if chosen, one of them becomes part of the team of 8 to compete in Brussels. The tour will take place between September 5-18, 2013 and each participant will ride for three days from Brussels through Belgium, Luxemburg, Germany, France, Northern Spain on to Barcelona.
Syed Zulfiqar Ali Zaidi, GM Human Resources Ufone, said: “employee engagement through social activities has always been of a matter of pride for Ufone. Etisalat’s participation in the GSMA mHealth awareness cycling tour 2013 provided our employees with yet another exciting chance of becoming part of a worthwhile cause and at the same time feel part of a bigger Etisalat Global Community.”
He said Ufone believed that employees were at the heart of its entire operations. “Therefore, we believe in our employees taking part in social activities etc. More than 60 employees applied for this health initiative, which was well beyond expectations of the management. This is a reflection of the existing passion of our Ufone staffers to participate in CSR activities for health awareness and society building program,” he added. Pakistan ranks amongst countries with the highest prevalence of diabetes, with Sudan and several Sub-Saharan African countries also suffering from this disease.
via Dailytime
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