Airtel Bangladesh Limited, as being a socially responsible company always undertook various activities from corporate and social responsibility perspective.
Following are a few recent activities:
Airtel partnered with Jaago Foundation, a local NGO focusing on under privileged children’s education to sponsor Youth of the Nation Award for contribution to Voluntary and Development works for the betterment of the society which was supported by the US Embassy.
An event called “Ghuri Fest” (Kite Festival) was organized and sponsored by Airtel with the theme of BijoyDibosh (Victory day) where BDT 1 lakh was collected by selling new kites and donated to JAAGO foundation to sponsor 500 under privileged children.
Airtel Bangladesh Limited took the initiative to distribute warm clothes and blankets to the destitute population primarily in northern parts of the country where the cold wave had affected most severely. The Telco giant Airtel distributed 8,500 blankets to the affected people.
To reduce pressure of national power supply 75% of Airtel sites in Bangladesh have been installed in the outdoors with installation of new BTS equipment which consumes less power (typical consumption now is 0.7 KW ~ 0.8 KW against traditional BTS that consumes 1.5 KW having same configuration). The company has also deployed 380 FCUs (Free Cooling Units), ensuring 25% less power consumed in every site.
Seven sites run completely on solar, which are now on 5.5 hours/day DG, which before implementation were 16 hours per day.
As part of youth community build up, Airtel Bangladesh Limited organized Airtel Rising Stars in 2012 and the second season of ARS has started in August 2013. In the first season, 12 talented young footballers were selected from more than 60,000 participants through rigorous selection process from all 64 districts of Bangladesh. Later these 12 youngsters were taken to the sacred land of football, Old Trafford, UK where they practiced in Manchester United Football Club which was a dream come true for many. Many of these 12 football players play in under-16 national team in Bangladesh currently.