The Jumbo Group has coincided the spirit of giving this Ramadan while remembering its founder Manohar Chhabria with a donation of Dh1 million to Dubai Cares for children’s education on Thursday.
Vikas Chadha, chief executive officer of Jumbo Group, handed over the one-million cheque to Tariq Al Gurg, his counterpart and the vice-chairman at Dubai Cares.
The day marked the 21st death anniversary of Chhabria who started Jumbo in 1973 as a retail agency and 50 years on, it has evolved into a group companies and is the UAE’s leading retailer for latest technology products.
In true Indian tradition of doing charity as a show of thanksgiving to the universe on behalf of Mr Chhabria, Jumbo Group’s contribution towards the cause of children’s education now amounts to a total of Dh6 million to date.
“The donation is part of Jumbo’s enduring support towards advancing the vision of the UAE’s wise leadership to empower children and youth through access to quality education,” Chadha said on behalf of Jumbo Group.
Dubai Cares is an organisation that works to improve children’s access to quality primary education in the UAE as well as developing countries. The vision that the organisation wants to transmit is that education goes beyond training. It is a tool to break the cycle of poverty.
Apart from cash, organizations as well as individuals can also donate new or used devices such as desktop computers, laptops and tablets by filling out a donation form on www.dubaicares.ae.
Last year, Jumbo Group supported the 1 Billion Meals campaign, an initiative by the Dubai government, with a similar amount. “Our relationship with the UAE and its people was established over 45 years ago and we are proud to be able to contribute to such important initiatives,” Vidya Chhabria, chairperson of Jumbo Group, had said then.
“Ramadan is a time for self-reflection and charity and as a company Jumbo Group is in full support of the efforts made by the government here to help those in need.”
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