Airtel Uganda wins golden accolade for its safe motherhood program

Telecom company, Airtel Uganda has won a gold award for its safe motherhood program aimed at reducing the maternal mortality rate in Uganda.

Held in India, the 11th edition of the Bharti Changemaker awards recognized meaningful and high-impact social initiatives under various themes such as education, health, environment, community development among others, which saw Airtel Uganda bring home the most coveted gold award under the category of long-term social initiative.

Initiated in 2019, the safe motherhood program has facilitated increased knowledge through various training on safe delivery and the use of preventive health services and significantly reduced the number of preventable pregnancies in young mothers in the region.

Airtel Uganda’s Managing Director, Manoj Murali expressed gratitude to the organizers of the awards, revealing that recognition of such projects is an encouragement and motivation towards achieving quality desired goals among which foster health and education sectors.

“We are honored to be recognized for the efforts to help improve the health and education sectors in Uganda. This particular program is worth the appreciation, given the fact that it targets expectant mothers, training of midwives and birth attendants and utilizes the element of the mobile ultrasound scan among others with the major aim of significantly increasing knowledge on safe delivery and the use of preventive health services,”Manoj said.

He said the company is committed to Uganda’s development through supporting initiatives that directly improve the lives of Ugandans as a complement to the provision of reliable and affordable telecommunication services.

The Bharti Changemaker awards  were initiated in 2008 and recognize and honor Bharti Group Companies for their work in the area of corporate responsibility as well as employees of group companies for their noteworthy contribution in volunteering and employee-giving initiatives.