Lulu hands QR275,000 to RAF as donations collected from shoppers

DOHA: Lulu Hyper Market gave QR275,000 to Sheikh Thani bin Abdullah Foundation for Humanitarian Services (RAF) as donations collected from shoppers. The money was generated from a donation drive launched by Lulu Hyper Market. The campaign entitled “Tawawwq and Tabarru” (donate through shopping) launched in the holy Month of Ramadan on third consecutive year.
The donation handover ceremony was held at Lulu Hyper Market D-Ring Road branch. The event was attended by Ahmad Yusuf Fakhro, Head of Financial Resources and Media from RAF and Mohamad Altaf, Group CEO of Lulu Hypermarket; Mohamad Shijan, Regional Director of Lulu Hypermarket for GCC; and Mohammad Shanwaz, Regional Director of Lulu complexes in Qatar and Egypt. Mohamad Salah Ibrahim, Deputy Director General of RAF and Ahmad Yusuf Al Fakhro received the cheque of QR275,000 from the officials of Lulu Hypermarket.
The campaign included more than 400 products including electric appliances, household items, and foodstuffs among others. Lulu earmarked 15 to 20 percent of the profits to support charity works and humanitarian aid at its five branches located at Al Matar, Al Gharrafa, Lulu Center, Al Khor and Barwa.
The campaign of Lulu Hyper Market played key role in creating awareness about donations through participating the community for charity work, said Fakhro. 
The customer donated indirectly for a charity cause through shopping at the branches of Lulu Hypermarket, he added. I hope the partnership between RAF and Lulu will be continue in future to serve the needy people in the country and abroad as well, said Fakhro.