Pakistan State Oil (PSO), the largest public sector organisation, intensified its CSR drive by pledging support through donations to stakeholders across the platforms of healthcare, education and community building. PSO in an effort to uplift the community and adopt greater social responsibility distributed cheques amongst representatives of 23 social and welfare NGOs operating in the health, education and community development sectors.
The ceremony was held at PSO House, where Jehangir Shah, MD PSO distributed cheques amongst the NGOs, which included the Marie Adelaide Leprosy Centre which will use the amount to intensify its efforts on its National Tuberculosis Programme (NIP), blindness control and leprosy elimination programmes.
Other notable beneficiaries included the Children's SOS Villages, Fatimid Foundation, Helpline Trust, Child Aid Association, Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation (SIUT), All Pakistan's Women Association (APWA), Patients Aid Foundation, etc.
Addressing the audience, Jehangir Shah said: "PSO is proud of its status as the country's largest public sector organisation, and has never overlooked its national and moral obligations to the people of Pakistan and that PSO believes in making a difference in lives - a difference that permeated the very fabric of our society.
PSO has often been a trailblazer in CSR activities and it is initiatives such as these which separate the company from other organisations. As the largest energy sector company, PSO is cognisant of its responsibilities and continues to serve the nation in a responsible manner.-PR
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