18th Blood Donation Drive held at The Kanoo Group Bur Dubai HQ

Dubai, UAE:  Over 70 staff members of The Kanoo Group, in collaboration with Blood Donation Center, Latifa Hospital volunteered to give blood during the 18^th Kanoo Blood Donation Drive held at The Kanoo Group office in Bur Dubai, from 9:30 am - 1:30 pm on 09^th February 2017.

#TheKanooGroup organises the 18th Blood Donation Drive at Bur Dubai HQ, in collaboration with #BloodDonationCenter #LatifaHospital pic.twitter.com/d7z5Jq1Hqi

— The Kanoo Group (@KanooMarketing) February 19, 2017

The Kanoo Blood Donation Drive is being held twice a year to highlight The Kanoo Group’s constant commitment to helping raise awareness among employees about the need for safe blood transfusions and its significant role in saving human lives.

As the event organiser every year, Mr Ali Islim, Marketing Manager (UAE & Oman) said, “There is a joy in giving. It gives us immense pleasure to be a part of the blood drive being held at our company. We are excited to see a number of employees who have participated. We are also thankful for Ms Maha Kanoo, Head of Marketing, Admin & HR ─ who was with us during the campaign, and to the Marketing and Property team, who worked together towards the success of our event.”

He added, “The blood donation drive is a way of giving back to the community, to assist in replenishing blood supply at the blood bank and to provide aid to patients who are in urgent need of blood.”

See also: The Kanoo Group organises 17th Blood Donation Campaign

Out of the volunteers, 60 donors were eligible to give blood. The Kanoo Group through the Marketing Team lastly gave each of them a fast-charge Power Bank with the company logo, as a token of appreciation.

See below list of donors in the 2017 Blood Donation Campaign:

Travel

• Abdul Fathah 
• Abdul Khader 
• Badriya Ali 
• Hemant Baheti 
• Lijo Gilbert 
• Mohamed Abrar 
• Mohammed Reyaz Ahmed 
• Mohammed Yousef 
• Mudassar Farooq 
• Rahul Saxena 
• Rajvinder Singh 
• Salemm Vayappurath 
• Sandeep 
• Sandra 
• Shine Mathew 
• Sreeraman G 
• Waqar Ahmed 
• Yasir Majeed Khan 
• Mohamed Aslam 
• Rouy Rodrigues 
• Virosh

Machinery

• Jericho Cortes 
• Misbahul Hassan 
• Mohamed Arafath 
• Mohamed Haji 
• Sudheesh 
• Tilu Vargese 
• Harsha 
• Saifual 
• Misbahul Hassan 

Shipping

• Abdul Nadeem 
• Iftikhar Uddin 
• Malien Halangoda 
• Neena Xavier 
• Prasanth Pozhath Manghat 
• V. Paramesha 
• Vinod Palluveetil 
• Mirza Abdul

Property

• Kalpesh Rathod 
• Pinaki Raj Regmi 
• Umesh Kumar

IT

• Vipin R. Nath 
• Roshan R. Menon 
• Raghu Menon 

Marketing

• Ali Islim 
• Ramesh Varakkoth 
• Sundar Liwang 

Commercial Accounts: 

• Clement Dsouza 
• Regyath T.A Com 

KANRENT

• Hussain Bava 
• Maricar Cerna

The Travel Attaché

• Sreehari Venkitachalam 

Management

• Rowena Capin 

Energy

• Madhav Ravi 

Logistics

• Mehdi Jamal 

Procurement

• Valentino Reyes 

PIP

• Raghavan Anand 

Wolfkran

• Vanket Raghavan 

Guests

• Karan 
• Chinthaka Rajapaksha

Click here to see more photos of the 18th Kanoo Blood Drive

About The Kanoo Group

‘The Kanoo Group’ is one of the largest, independent, family-owned groups of companies in the Gulf region established in 1890. It has diversified business industries in shipping, travel, machinery, engineering, logistics, property, oil & gas, power, industrial chemicals, training, joint ventures, retail and commercial activities, among others, and operates extensively throughout Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, United Arab Emirates, Oman, Yemen and Qatar.

Our Vision
The Leading Family Business in the Region and Beyond

Our Mission 
Delivering Sustainable Excellence

Our Values 
Customer Focused, Ethical, Innovative, Agile, Competent & Intelligent, Collaborative, Accountable 

P.O. Box 290, Dubai, UAE. Toll Free: 800 KANOO, Fax: 04-3933636, Websites: www.kanoo.com / www.kanoogroup.com 

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Michelle Laylo Verzola 
PR Executive
The Kanoo Group

The Kanoo Group holds 14th Blood Donation Drive

Dubai, UAE – April 09, 2013: The Kanoo Group, in cooperation with Blood Donation Center-Latifa Hospital, yesterday marked the successful conclusion of the blood donation drive held at The Kanoo Group Main Office - HAK Training Hall, Bur Dubai.

Management staff from all divisions and branches across UAE, along with friends and families lined up to support the initiative which was conducted between 9.00 am to 1.30 pm by specialized medical team from Latifa Hospital and organized by The Kanoo Group Marketing Department.

Ali Islim, Marketing Manager on behalf of The Kanoo Group said: "It is an excellent opportunity to be a part of this humanitarian programme which reflects the shared beliefs and values of The Kanoo Group throughout the years on the importance of donation and community service. On behalf of the marketing team I would like to commend all the efforts for the collaboration and remarkable response of the 14th Blood Donation Campaign."

The Kanoo Group has been successfully conducting this campaign since 2003 and continuously promotes and encourages employees to partake in such priceless commitment to save lives as an integral part of the society.

The entire blood donation process was simple which took only 15 minutes on the average, for each patient, and received an overall positive feedback on safety and handling.

The volunteers were presented with tailor-made tokens from The Kanoo Group for their wholehearted efforts that underline the importance of restoring health and lives of people among others from around the world who earnestly seek help every second in the hope to reverse the course of their fate forever.

About The Kanoo Group

‘The Kanoo Group’ is one of the largest, independent, family-owned groups of companies in the Gulf region established in 1890. It has diversified business industries in shipping, travel, machinery, engineering, logistics, property, oil & gas, power, industrial chemicals, training, joint ventures, retail and commercial activities, among others, and operates extensively throughout Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, United Arab Emirates, Oman, Yemen and Qatar.

Our Vision

The Leading Family Business in the Region and Beyond

Our Mission 

Delivering Sustainable Excellence

Our Values 

Customer Focused, Ethical, Innovative, Agile, Competent & Intelligent, Collaborative, Accountable

P.O. Box 290, Dubai, UAE. Toll Free: 800 KANOO, Fax: 04-3933636, Websites: www.kanoo.com /www.kanoogroup.com 

To comment on the article, send an email to: 

Michelle Laylo Verzola

PR Executive

The Kanoo Group