GEC NEWS WIREAs GEC Open 2015 drew to a close, Accent Infomedia made sure to put a smile of hope and happiness for the less fortunate part of the society with its humble contributions as a part of its CSR
As the winning champions of GEC Open 2015 lifted their trophies with happiness, Accent Info Media lifted its head with pride. A networking tournament that was initiated to bring together the IT industry and its widespread fraternity on a sports platform, also imbibed into its vision a deep rooted empathy towards the less fortunate in the society.
A first of its kind event in the industry, Accent Info Media is proud to be the trailblazer in taking business closer to humanity with its flagship event, which the world now knows as ‘GEC OPEN’.
As charity begins at home, in 2014 the GEC Open, which began its humble journey in the UAE, joined hands with Breast Cancer Arabia that facilitated treatment for breast cancer patients who weren’t fortunate enough to pay and kill the enemy inside. As GEC Open 2015 went to 7 countries, we made sure that the charity arms were also expanded from one to three. In 2015, Dubai Autism Center, UAE Red Crescent, and Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences, joined as the official charity partners.
Founded in 2001, Dubai Autism Centre is the largest, most innovative and comprehensive non-profit organization in the United Arab Emirates serving children with Autism Spectrum Disorders. “We, at Dubai Autism Center, are continuously striving to spread social awareness of Autism. We are extremely happy to be associated with the GEC Open 2015, a great corporate platform with high profile attendees and top leaders from seven countries, helping us to serve our purpose in reaching out to the world to empower individuals with Autism”. said Mohammad Al Emadi, Director General – Dubai Autism Center.
Established in 1983, the UAE Red Crescent Authority is a volunteer humanitarian organization that supports official authorities in times of peace and war.
“The spirit of poverty eradication through education has been the essence of my life at KISS (Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences). Our effort towards establishing a poverty free country has been a great challenge but has never daunted our drive. We have strove with a single-minded focus to bring smiles on the hapless faces for which the institute has been coveted with “Special Consultative Status” by the United Nations, the highest recognition of the world body, the UN for any NGO of the world. It would indeed be a great pleasure and opportunity to be associated with GEC Open 2015, which will immensely supportive of our noble cause and facilitate our reaching out to the world of like minded individuals and organizations in our stride on this Mission. “TOGETHER WE CAN AND WE WILL.” says Prof. Achyuta Samanta, Founder (Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences) & ISA Laureate-2015
Sponsors and players alike joined us in this vision and took the meaning of CSR to new horizons of humanity. As the sun set in the green turfs of Al Badia, Accent Info Media handed over its humble contributions towards the charity partners which was sure to put a smile on the face of some children out there who deserve to be educated and nourished like every other children and have a better world to live in.
The proud partners of GEC Open 2015 are Spectrum Group, Pure Storage, OMA Emirates, Dell, Rittal, Spectrami, VCE, Finesse, MHI Global, Kactus, Global Distribution, Gulf Air, AGMC (BMW), Aruba Networks, Oxygen, StorIT, HelpAG, Unify, Bulwark Technologies.
