MTN foundation empowers communities with social projects
Telecoms giant, MTN Foundation has commenced installation of social projects in 200 verified locations across the country. The foundation is the Corporate Social Responsibility arm of MTN Nigeria, funded with one percent of its annual profit after tax.
The gesture according to the foundation is being carried out under the phase two of the company’s ‘What Can We Do Together’ initiative. The foundation revealed that the 200 communities were selected after a tour of over 1,085 communities that made the shortlist, adding that the gesture is aimed at improving the quality of lives in these Nigerian communities.
Executive Secretary, MTN Foundation, Nonny Ugboma, while speaking on the projects said the communities will benefit from installation of social infrastructures such as boreholes, school furniture and electricity transformers.
“MTN Foundation’s ‘What Can We Do Together’ initiative is a unique project that aims at putting smiles on the faces of individuals. Now that we are in the installation stage, we assure you that the intervention will continue in the same seamless manner that the first phase was executed.
“The foundation will provide 20 transformers, 20 boreholes, 80 school furniture and 80 primary health care centres across all six geo-political zones in the country,” she said.
What the initiative achieved in the phase one, Ugboma said: “In the Phase 1 of the ‘What Can We Do Together’ initiative, 200 projects were successfully delivered in 200 communities across 200 local government areas in the 36 states of the federation, including the Federal Capital Territory.
“The project focused on four major areas: transformer, borehole, school furniture and household item donations to select orphanages.”
As at 2015 when the foundation turned 10, over N11.5billion has been spent on 344 project sites and 36 project categories across the six geopolitical zones of the country.
The foundation’s CSR strategy is focused under three portfolio areas, Education, Health and Economic Empowerment.
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