Corporate and Social Responsibility
One of the three key pillars of the Airtel brand is engaging the local communities in which we operate – and specifically through the Airtel Education Initiative.
Alongside 'affordability' and 'innovation', 'community' is central to Airtel's philosophy of empowering people – our employees, our customers and communities – to achieve, liberating them and giving them the freedom to take control and meet life's daily challenges.
One of the three key pillars of the Airtel brand is engaging the local communities in which we operate – and specifically through the Airtel Education Initiative.
Alongside ‘affordability’ and ‘innovation’, ‘community’ is central to Airtel’s philosophy of empowering people – our employees, our customers and communities – to achieve, liberating them and giving them the freedom to take control and meet life’s daily challenges.
We will strive to reach and uplift the underprivileged in the societies in which we operate through education. Alongside our vision, Airtel Africa focuses on the education of underprivileged children through adoption of schools across all our operations in Africa
In line with this we aim to:
1. Contribute to support the UN Millennium Development Goals of universal primary education
2. Support local communities by working with Local Governments
3. Make a direct and sustainable contribution to African society where we live
4. Enable focused work in the corporate social responsibility arena through adopting abandoned schools as our primary focus
Through consultation with the Ministries of Education, we aim to provide:
1. Minor refurbishments to existing school buildings
2. The following provisions to the adopted schools
a. Uniforms; scholastic material(books, pens, etc.); text books
b. Furniture (desks, chairs, etc.)
c. Teaching and learning aids
d. Broadband Internet connection
The current focus is needy primary schools.
At Airtel there is absolute belief in quality of education being the most important tool for social and economic development in our country. This is why Airtel will continue to demonstrate the true meaning of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) through its support to needy Schools through the ‘Airtel Our School Project’.
The role of education in eradicating poverty cannot be overstated. Receiving an education is perhaps a child’s biggest barrier to escaping poverty.
The power of education continues to provide benefits to subsequent generations as educated adults tend to marry later in life, have healthier children, be more productive at work, receive better pay in the workplace and generally enjoy greater health.