Ethiopian Airlines has announced the formation and official registration of a their charity organisation, ‘The Ethiopian Airlines Foundation’. The patron of the foundation is the group CEO, Tewolde Gebremariam, while the chairperson is Busera Awol, the chief commercial officer, and the general manager is Wasihun Asres.
Gebremariam said, “This foundation is the first of its kind in the history of Ethiopian Airlines and will be served as a charity arm of the airline to implement our corporate social responsibility (CSR) in a more structured and organised manner. The fact that our foundation has been registered and received license is a big opportunity to explore a wide range of needy people in the community and extend our support to them. I would like to hereby invite all management members and employees of the airline to actively participate in supporting the foundation by contributing in the in any one forms of regular payroll deductions from their monthly salaries, giving donations and pledges, fund raising and other possible ways.”
