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Middle East and North Africa's largest low-cost carrier (LCC), Air Arabia, has collaborated with with Sharjah Charity International, in establishing the Charity Cloud School in the Trissur district of Kerala, India. The school, built as part of Air Arabia's Charity Cloud project initiative, is the airline's first community school project in India. The school, part of Air Arabia's corporate social responsibility (CSR) 2009 programme, will offer quality education to underprivileged children.
Air Arabia is said to be one of the first companies from the region to introduce a sustainable CSR programme when it launched the "Charity Cloud" project in collaboration with Sharjah Charity International in 2005. The programme raises funds for community development initiatives through on-board passenger donations. The fund collections are reviewed annually and invested in health and education projects in impoverished nations through a planned CSR programme.
According to reports, Air Arabia sponsored a new school in Warkabola, Sri Lanka, through its Charity Cloud project initiative last year. The company also sponsored the first phase of renovations of the Shree Shagyodaya Secondary School in Kathmandu, Nepal. The funds for the latter project were raised mainly through on-board passenger donations. Full adoption of the school renovation will commence as phase two of this project.
In 2007, Air Arabia and Sharjah Charity International inaugurated the Charity Cloud Medical Centre, the first free medical clinic in the Jallas area of Sudan, a desert area in the country. The clinic has an operation and examination room, maternity room and a fully equipped laboratory and pharmacy.
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