SEDCO Holding Group celebrated the start of Ramadan by launching its newest CSR program — Volunteer Your Skills — which essentially relies on the goodwill and spirit of its employees. The group held distinct initiatives to shape the values of community work and wellbeing.

This program will now be active year around with the aim of encouraging the generous spirit of volunteering among the employees in addition to fostering close ties with the community. The initial feedback among employees is very encouraging with a total of 262 volunteering hours invested in the two initiatives alone.

The first activity, Ramadan Baskets, involved employees driving to a distant village north of Jeddah, where they distributed food baskets to needy families.

The second one aimed at empowering the internal bonds between the group’s employees themselves. The group’s cadres broke their fast with the workers and cleaning staff.

Amr Banaja, VP of corporate communications and marketing, said: “It is in the group’s DNA to contribute to the community’s wellbeing. Under the Volunteer Your Skills program, volunteering will become an important aspect of our CSR programs. And through such initiatives, we aim to achieve our mission — Toward sustainability — by offering our employees diverse programs that enable them to develop their skillset, enhance their performance, reach their maximum potential and improve their ability to innovate through various health, social as well as volunteering initiatives."

He added: "Our CSR umbrella stands on three pillars — our people, our community, and our environment. Each of them cultivates in building loyalty and gratitude toward our workplace, our community and the environment we live in.”

Known for its CSR excellence, SEDCO Holding Group was awarded the Arab Social Media Influencers Award under the economy category for the prominent role that the Riyali Financial Literacy Program plays.