As part of its CSR mandate, TECOM Investments, a member of Dubai Holding, supported the sixth edition of the Vertical Marathon on Friday, 16th May by donating AED 500 to Medecins Sans Frontiers (MSF) for every participant who successfully completed the race within the set time.
TECOM Investments is supporting the event for the third year running and had 10 of its employees participate in the run. Enthusiastic runners commenced in the early hours of Friday and climbed a total of 52 flights of stairs (1334 steps) of the 265 metre Jumeirah Emirates Towers, Office Tower.
About TECOM Investments
TECOM Investments, based in Dubai, is a subsidiary of Dubai Holding, a global company dedicated to knowledge and life-improving industries. A creator of vibrant knowledge industry clusters, TECOM Investments is currently active in buoyant cutting-edge sectors like ICT, Media, Education, Biotechnology and Energy.
A recognized leader in the global knowledge industry, TECOM Investments manages entities like Dubai Internet City, Dubai Media City, Dubai Knowledge Village, Dubai International Academic City, eHosting DataFort, International Media Production Zone, Dubai Outsource Zone, Dubai Studio City, DuBiotech and Enpark.
TECOM Investments’ phenomenal growth also encompasses local and international joint venture interests like Empower, a district cooling service provider established as a joint venture with Dubai Electricity and Water Authority, Emirates International Telecommunications Limited, a joint venture with Dubai Investment Group and SmartCity, a joint venture formed with SAMA Dubai to develop and manage knowledge industry townships worldwide.
Emirates International Telecommunications Limited holds stakes in Tunisie Telecom and Maltacom, telecommunication carriers in Tunisia and Malta respectively. SmartCity has already laid the foundations of a global network of knowledge driven clusters through agreements to develop SmartCity Malta and SmartCity Kochi.
TECOM Investments also has interests in Axiom, the largest mobile distributor in the Middle East, and Interoute, the operator of Europe’s most densely connected voice and data network.
Médecins Sans Frontières
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is an international independent humanitarian medical organisation. We provide life-saving emergency medical care, including epidemic control, war surgery, nutritional assistance and primary healthcare in more than 60 countries worldwide, on the basis of need alone, regardless of ethnic origin, gender, creed or political affiliation.MSF rehabilitates hospitals and clinics, runs nutrition and sanitation programmes, trains national medical personnel, and provides mental health care. Through longer term programmes, MSF teams treat diseases such as tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS, but also neglected diseases, such as sleeping sickness and malaria.Annually, some 2,500 volunteer doctors, nurses and support staff travel to crisis areas to work alongside 25,000 locally employed staff. MSF volunteers also have a duty to bear witness and sometimes to speak out on behalf of the patients and communities they are working with. To maintain its independence from political interference, MSF relies on donations from private individuals for the majority of its income.The objective of the MSF representation in the UAE is to spread awareness about the plight of the populations it assists, interact with local communities and participate with other concerned parties and philanthropists in promoting humanitarian principles and raising funds for this purpose. Médecins Sans Frontières was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1999.
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