Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC) has signed another Memorandum of Understanding under its Social Investment Programme with 'Karwan-e-Hayat,' a welfare NGO in mental healthcare sector, to provide absolutely free of cost electricity to its three facilities in Keamari, Korangi and Khayaban-e-Jami.
The NGO, working since 1983, provides free psychiatric and rehabilitation care to 80 percent of its mentally ill patients. Begum Rana Liaquat Ali Khan was among its founder members. During the past year, the "KeH" provided free consultation to 31,000 patients. The Memorandum was signed by Nayyer Hussain, CEO of KESC and Saleemuddin Ahmed, Vice President and Chief Executive Officer of KeH.
Nayyer Hussain said on this occasion that, "We are happy to have been able to support mental healthcare as this section of medical help is generally provided less priority. Our Social Investment Programme, designed to help the less privileged and the needy, would continue to serve the society beyond our obvious ambit." Saleemuddin Ahmed of KeH said in his message that, "KESC has indeed proven itself to be the torch bearer of Corporate Social Responsibility by providing absolutely free electricity to social welfare education and healthcare institutions. We hope that other corporate entities would follow the example set by KESC and create a culture of caring about those who cannot help themselves." KESC's Social Investment Program is aimed at extending support to various vital healthcare and educational institutions serving the under-privileged and needy on purely humanitarian grounds. KESC would pay electricity bills of these welfare entities in part or in full to subsidise their energy cost in recognition of the noble causes these institutions are pursuing.
Prior to this, KESC has signed five memorandums under its Social Investment Plan (SIP), the first being with Indus Hospital for bearing 50 per cent of their electricity cost, the second and third with Marie Adelaide Leprosy Centre (MALC) & with Layton Rahmatulla Benevolent Trust (LRBT) respectively, while the fourth MoU was signed with TCF (320 TCF schools), for covering 100 percent of the cost of electricity used by these institutions every month. Fifth memorandum was signed with Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation (SIUT), to provide absolutely FREE of cost electricity to its three dialysis centres in the city. KESC through its Social Empowerment Programme (SIP) now stands to positively impact a notable 2.1 million lives.-PR