LuLu donates QR150,000 to Qatar Charity

LuLu Hypermarket Qatar donated QR150,000 to Qatar Charity (QC) as part of its ongoing commitment to humanitarian causes, community support and corporate social responsibility. The contribution was made under LuLu’s annual ‘Shop & Donate’ initiative, specially launched during the holy month of Ramadan, in alignment with QC’s ‘Charity Partner’ (CP) Programme, a statement said.The donation cheque was handed over by Shaijan M O, regional director of LuLu Hypermarket Qatar, to Ahmad Yousef Fakhroo, chief communication officer, at QC. The handover ceremony took place at the LuLu Regional Office in Doha, in the presence of Shanavas P M, regional manager of LuLu Hypermarket Qatar, along with other officials from both organisations.Expressing his gratitude, Fakhroo thanked LuLu Hypermarket for its unwavering commitment to community welfare and social responsibility. He highlighted that the CP Programme is one of QC’s largest initiatives dedicated to promoting corporate social responsibility, offering private sector organisations strategic partnership opportunities to support global humanitarian projects.Fakhroo lauded LuLu Hypermarket’s consistent support for QC’s projects and campaigns, noting that their efforts contribute significantly to advancing community service and humanitarian activities both locally and internationally. In his remarks, Shaijan expressed his pride in partnering with QC, emphasising that initiatives like ‘Shop & Donate’ empower LuLu customers to actively contribute to meaningful humanitarian efforts.He further commended QC for its unwavering dedication to humanitarian and development work, describing QC as one of LuLu’s foremost partners in charitable initiatives. He reaffirmed LuLu’s continued commitment to supporting QC’s various programmes in the future.Over the past five years, LuLu Hypermarket Qatar and QC have built a strong collaboration through multiple co-operation agreements. These include enabling customers to contribute to charitable projects by donating at checkout counters across LuLu stores, promoting QC’s Khair Cards to encourage a culture of giving among shoppers, partnering under LuLu’s ‘Shop & Donate’ campaign to raise funds for humanitarian causes, and formalising a strategic partnership under the CP Programme.