Chellarams Supports Standard Chartered Fund Raising For The Blind – Business Day

Chellarams in its usual responsive and collaborative approach towards ameliorating the problems and challenges faced by the less privileged in the society recently supported the seeing is believing fund raising walk organized by the Standard Chartered Bank Nigeria Limited with a seven hundred and fifty thousand Naira donation to the course of the visually impaired in Nigeria.
Speaking at this years event that took place in Lagos, on Saturday the 13th of October 2012, the group chief information officer of Chellarams Plc, Harbbahjan bath, emphasized the commitment of Chellarams to the annual walk for the blind fund raising project. Furthermore, he promised that Chellarams Plc, as a regular contributor would not renege on its resolve to always support any course that would support any course that would alleviate the plight of the blind and other less privileged in the society. He described Chellarams as a responsible corporate citizen that is ready to partner with any corporate body in any effort geared at making the society a better place; even in this era of economic downturn and quagmire.
The seeing is believes project, is a Standard Chartered Bank initiative to help tackle avoidable blindness in communities around the world; including Nigeria.
This annual fund raising for the blind has been held in Nigeria in the last seven years. This years event saw close to about one thousand (1,000) participants engaged in a 4 kilometer walk from Bishop Oluwole through Adeola Odeku and Back to the starting point.