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Xpress Money team with Mehra.

Xpress Money offers educational grants for children of UAE workers

DUBAI, August 11, 2016

Xpress Money, a leading money transfer brand, has partnered with Dubai-based NGO SmartLife to offer education support for the children of blue collar workers employed in the UAE.

The initiative is spearheaded by Xpress Money’s corporate social responsibility platform H.O.P.E, which highlights the money transfer brand’s commitment to “Helping Our People and Environment.”

The educational grants further strengthen H.O.P.E’s seven-year collaboration with SmartLife to improve workers’ lives through entertainment and sports competitions. Specifically, the educational grant is in support of SmartLife’s ‘SmartSapna’programme, which is dedicated to educating the India-based children of labourers in the UAE.

“We realise that providing their children with a good education is every parent’s dream. Through our H.O.P.E platform, in collaboration with our long-term partner SmartLife, we are now helping workers in the UAE fulfil this dream by providing their children with good education, thus setting a strong foundation for a prosperous future,” says Xpress Money’s vice president of global marketing, Ashwin Gedam.

“Ensuring quality education for their children is top priority for every blue collar worker. Smartlife through its Sapna project has touched the lives of many children studying in India. We thank Xpress Money and H.O.P.E for enabling us to reach out to more beneficiaries working in the UAE and thus empowering their wards with the gift of good education,” says Vinod Mehra, president, SmartLife.

H.O.P.E’s support of the SmartSapna initiative fits within its agenda driven by 3 global themes – financial literacy and inclusion, education, and relief work. The platform also helps Xpress Money engage with its global communities through a mix of philanthropy, relief work and social causes.

In 2016, H.O.P.E marked Ramadan’s spirit of generosity by distributing over 20,000 Iftar meals to blue collar workers across UAE, Bahrain, Oman, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan. H.O.P.E has been active in supporting special needs centres in the UAE, distributing relief material for Syrian refugees in Jordan and Lebanon, creating breast cancer awareness, conducting medical camps and celebrating the contributions of workers in the UAE through a month-long “Heroes” campaign.

“Our support for the ‘SmartSapna’ education initiative is a continuation of H.O.P.E’s proud legacy of improving living standards worldwide through a range of initiatives. H.O.P.E has been very active across different communities globally, and we look forward to this powerful platform continuing its positive mission. At Xpress Money, we are committed to providing a better livelihood with the resources needed to make a genuine difference,” Gedam said. -TradeArabia News Service




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