Hilton Teams Across the Country Help Strengthen the Community
Cairo, Egypt – (December 25, 2016) – In celebration of Hilton’s annual Global Month of Service, throughout October, volunteers from Hilton’s Egypt hotels and corporate office partnered with various organisations to positively impact their communities. The efforts are a part of Hilton’s month-long celebration recognizing the company’s year-round commitment to serving and enriching the communities where teams live, work and travel.
More than 30 volunteers from Hilton’s corporate office in Egypt teamed up with UNICEF and Rotary to raise awareness about hygiene, water conservation, nutrition, and employability skills in Bani Mazar village. Building on last year’s Water for Life initiative which connected fresh water to 70 households in the Minya governorate, this year, Hilton’s corporate office team in Egypt organised three different sessions to raise awareness among women and youth about hygiene and employability.
“Water is the essence of life and raising awareness of hygiene and water conservation, we aim to help improve the quality of life of Bani Mazar people,” said Christian Muhr, vice president of operations, Egypt & Levant, Hilton. “We are also pleased to have held sessions for youth to learn about employability skills and career development.”
During the 2016 Global Month of Service, events took place across the 18 Hilton hotels in Egypt, including:
- Conrad Cairo: With the aim of creating a healthy environment and raising awareness of hygiene, the hotel team visited Amir El Lewa government school to clean the yard, classrooms and other facilities. The hotel also taught culinary skills to a number of students from the school.
- Hilton Cairo World Trade Center Residences: The hotel hosted a group of students from Al Orman School who were engaged in a full-day programme to learn about the hospitality industry and hotel operations.
- Hilton Cairo Zamalek Residences: Teaming up with Misr El Kheir, the hotel offered training to young graduates who aspire to work in the hospitality industry.
- Hilton Alexandria Green Plaza: The blue energy team visited SOS Children’s Village to help children who are at risk of losing parental care. The activities organised aimed to improve the children’s skills and the quality of environment in which they live.
- Hilton Alexandria King’s Ranch: The blue energy team initiated a campaign to clean the surrounding neighborhoods.
- Hilton Hurghada Resort: The hotel welcomed students of the Deaf & Dumb governmental school for an induction day. The students received training from the hotel’s bakery chef and the hotel’s engineering team visited the school to do some needed repairs.
- Hilton Luxor Resort & Spa: The hotel donated kitchen tools to Sunshine Orphanage. Children were also given treats and the hotel’s team washed and packed 100 blankets for the kids to help him enjoy a warmer winter. In addition, the hotel organised special workshops for a number of students of the hotel institute to train them about the operations of different departments.
- Hilton Sharks Bay: The hotel partnered with the ministry of education to renovate “Geel October” Preparatory School
- Hilton Sharm Dreams Resort: The Blue Energy Committee organised a special day to help Bedouin families by providing them with essential medications, medical check-ups, hygiene awareness sessions for kids and a special buffet set-up in the middle of the desert.
- Hilton Sharm El Sheikh Fayrouz: With the aim of helping youth, the Blue Energy team visited a local school to teach students about the hospitality industry and how they can pursue a successful career. The hotel also hosted the students of another school to enjoy the aqua park and the hotel’s special culinary offers.
- Ramses Hilton: Aiming to support Egyptian tourism, the hotel sponsored the press conference of the International Folkloric Festival. Other activities included teaming up with the Orphans’ Friends Association (OFA) to launch their first scholarship programme, working with JOSAAB Charity Foundation to mark the Global Day of Hospice and donating special kits to Jossab Charity Association to support terminally ill patients.
Since 2012, Hilton’s Global Month of Service has been the company’s largest annual community service initiative, mobilizing hundreds of thousands of Team Members from all over the world to impact their local communities through a variety of volunteer projects. Hilton teams offer their time and expertise in hospitality to support issues from conserving natural resources to mentoring and exposing youth to the opportunities in hospitality to collecting surplus food and distributing it to local organisations and everything in between.
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