Children with special needs pay a visit to Panda hypermarket

PANDA Retail Company recently joined hands with Ebsar Foundation to host a visit for a group of children with visual impairment to one of its hypermarkets at Al Andalus Mall. The visit comes in line with the company’s ‘We Are All Equal’ initiative that seeks to integrate children with special needs into the society and help them utilize their skills and capabilities effectively, underlining Panda’s corporate social responsibility (CSR) and its efforts to promote social solidarity. During the visit, Ebsar Foundation was represented by its Acting Secretary General Fatin Al Yaffi. A Panda team took the children around on a tour around the different departments in the hypermarket and explained to them how work is performed within each department. The Panda team employed innovative methods to help the visually-impaired children feel the product and provided them with information about each product. Following the orientation tour, various entertainment activities were organized for the children while souvenirs were handed out to put a smile on their faces and make them happy. Muwaffaq Mansour Jamal, Chief Executive Officer, Panda Retail Company, stressed, “I express my deepest appreciation for the work done by Ebsar Foundation, which supports children with visual impairment, and integrates them into the society to enable them to enjoy a better life. Undoubtedly, such visits enhance their sense of belonging to the community.” ‘We Are All Equal’ is one of the annual initiatives implemented by Panda within its CSR policy, which it considers as a vital step towards reaching out to community, Jamal said. Panda supports various constructive initiatives in conjunction with different foundations and views community service as a major priority. Panda forms the Retail Division of the Savola group of companies. It is one of the largest retailers in the Middle East, catering to more than 400 million visitors every year across its different outlets; Panda, HyperPanda and Pandati, which offers a diverse range of high quality products that meet all the needs of the family, at competitive prices.