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PAGE: INTERNATIONAL POWER HAS PRESENCE IN MANY COUN TRIES INCLUDING PAKISTAN . WHAT IS COMPAN YS VISION AND MISSION AS REG ARDS TO CSR?
SHAHID SAM I: Ou r philosophy is to have 'good neighborly relations'and contribute to the 'well being" of the neighboring comm unity within our capacity.
PAGE: WHAT ARE TOP PRIORITY AREAS AND THE REASONS FOR ASSIGN ING TH ESE PRIORITIES?
SHAHID SAM I: Ou r priority has been to uplift 'health and education' in ourcatchment area.
PAGE: DO YOU COVER EDUCATION OF CHILDREN OF THE AREAS IN WHICH YOU WORK?
SHAHID SAM I: Yes, of cours e as said earlier one of the two prime areas we focus is education. Following is our contribution so far which has provided very fruitful results after years of input and efforts in this area.
- Uplift by repair and refurbishment of government primary schools in thevillages.
- In earlier days provided books and bags to the children.
- We did some spade work and thought that due to remoteness of the area the pupil cannot go to higher education centers located towards hub city so we introduced a pick & drop service which takes boys and girls from villages to high schools at Hub. This service has been therefore more than a decade and has shown results; recently looking at higher numbers we have replaced the small er one with a larger bus service.
- In the three neighboring villages we have constructed additional class rooms, fully refurbished a school and in one of the village constructed anew premises as the original on e had erod ed and was falling apart, we thought of...