Commercial Bank organises Iftar for the elderly

Doha, Qatar: Commercial Bank, Qatar’s first private bank, organised an Iftar on 15 June in honour of the elderly residents of Empowerment and Elderly Care Center (IHSAN). The bank’s team visited the elderly at (IHSAN)and shared Iftar with them in an atmosphere of amity and geniality.

 

Commercial Bank CEO Abdulla Saleh Al Raisi said: “In keeping with our Qatari traditions to break fast with family, friends, and neighbours, it is our pleasure to share an Iftar with the elderly who have made an enormous contribution to our county. This Iftar is a gesture of appreciation and respect for both the older generations and for Qatari customs during Ramadan.”

 

Khalid Abdulla Hussein, Director of Public Relations and Media at Empowerment and Elderly Care Center(IHSAN), lauded the Commercial Bank visit and Iftar with the elderly community, noting that this gesture brought joy and happiness to Ihsan’s mothers and fathers and deeply affected them. 

 

Seeking to provide a safe, stable life for the Qatar’s elderly citizens by offering them healthcare, social and psychological services, Ihsan provides home-based care and raises public awareness, especially families, about embracing the elderly, offering them guidance to adopt the best methods in this regard. Ihsan strives to develop an integrated care system that includes the home, the hospital and the nursing home and endeavours to establish the necessary facilities and legislations.

 

As part of a series of community-focused CSR initiatives during Ramadan in line with of the National Vision 2030, the Iftar was organised by Commercial Bank to encourage solidarity in Qatari society by sharing happiness with the elderly during the special moments that come with the breaking of the fast.