Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
09ISLAMABAD1248
2009-06-07 13:04:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Islamabad
Cable title:
POST NOMINATES CITIBANK FOR SECRETARY'S CORPORATE CITIZEN
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UNCLAS ISLAMABAD 001248
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: AMGT BEXP ECON EINV ELAB ETRD SENV AID KPAO PK
SUBJECT: POST NOMINATES CITIBANK FOR SECRETARY'S CORPORATE CITIZEN
AWARD
REF: STATE 51406
UNCLAS ISLAMABAD 001248
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: AMGT BEXP ECON EINV ELAB ETRD SENV AID KPAO PK
SUBJECT: POST NOMINATES CITIBANK FOR SECRETARY'S CORPORATE CITIZEN
AWARD
REF: STATE 51406
1. Embassy Islamabad nominates Citibank for the Secretary's Award
for Corporate Excellence. Citibank has long been a leading
corporate citizen in Pakistan, notably in its response to the
devastating earthquake in October 2005, which included a $1.9
million grant to the American Red Cross-Citi Earthquake
Reconstruction project and $3.5 million for the construction of a
primary school in Mansehra District.
2. The breadth of Citibank's activities has been impressive,
ranging from supporting girls' schools in the slums of Karachi to
constructing an oncology day care unit at Aga Khan University
Hospital.
3. It has done much of its work, however, in the micro-finance and
micro-entrepreneurship fields, reaching out to the underprivileged
in Pakistan to enable them to move into the middle class. Citibank
has given $265,000 annually for three years to deepen the
microfinance sector in Pakistan. In 2005, it instituted the Citi
Micro-entrepreneurship Awards to spread awareness among the poor on
the significance of microfinance by celebrating the achievements of
successful micro-entrepreneurs. In the last three years, 120
micro-entrepreneurs have taken home $85,000 in prize money. Citbank
has given $106,000 to the Thardeep Rural Development Program to
train 2,000 female entrepreneurs in 40 villages in Tharparkur. It
has given $40,000 to the Kashf Foundation initiative to develop
individual lending products for micro-finance clients, as well as
$50,000 to the Tameer Foundation to provide support for potential
micro-finance clients.
4. Citi has donated $200,000 to the Aga Khan Foundation's health
improvement initiative for underprivileged women and children;
$224,000 to support quality girls' education in non-elite private
schools; $25,000 to improve the I.T. University of Baluchistan's
resource center. It has joined with the Pakistan Centre for
Philanthropy to support large scale improvements to the school
system in interior Sindh, and a grant to the Citizen's Foundation to
sustain schooling in the slum areas of Karachi. It has given
$220,000 to the Lahore University of Management Science to research
ways of improving corporate governance.
5. In addition, Citibank has a program whereby employees involved
in public service can obtain Citi Foundation grants to support the
organizations for which they volunteer.
6. Citibank's corporate philosophy of giving back to the
communities where it has a presence is well exemplified in the many
initiatives its supports in Pakistan, and make it an excellent
candidate for the Secretary's award.
PATTERSON
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: AMGT BEXP ECON EINV ELAB ETRD SENV AID KPAO PK
SUBJECT: POST NOMINATES CITIBANK FOR SECRETARY'S CORPORATE CITIZEN
AWARD
REF: STATE 51406
1. Embassy Islamabad nominates Citibank for the Secretary's Award
for Corporate Excellence. Citibank has long been a leading
corporate citizen in Pakistan, notably in its response to the
devastating earthquake in October 2005, which included a $1.9
million grant to the American Red Cross-Citi Earthquake
Reconstruction project and $3.5 million for the construction of a
primary school in Mansehra District.
2. The breadth of Citibank's activities has been impressive,
ranging from supporting girls' schools in the slums of Karachi to
constructing an oncology day care unit at Aga Khan University
Hospital.
3. It has done much of its work, however, in the micro-finance and
micro-entrepreneurship fields, reaching out to the underprivileged
in Pakistan to enable them to move into the middle class. Citibank
has given $265,000 annually for three years to deepen the
microfinance sector in Pakistan. In 2005, it instituted the Citi
Micro-entrepreneurship Awards to spread awareness among the poor on
the significance of microfinance by celebrating the achievements of
successful micro-entrepreneurs. In the last three years, 120
micro-entrepreneurs have taken home $85,000 in prize money. Citbank
has given $106,000 to the Thardeep Rural Development Program to
train 2,000 female entrepreneurs in 40 villages in Tharparkur. It
has given $40,000 to the Kashf Foundation initiative to develop
individual lending products for micro-finance clients, as well as
$50,000 to the Tameer Foundation to provide support for potential
micro-finance clients.
4. Citi has donated $200,000 to the Aga Khan Foundation's health
improvement initiative for underprivileged women and children;
$224,000 to support quality girls' education in non-elite private
schools; $25,000 to improve the I.T. University of Baluchistan's
resource center. It has joined with the Pakistan Centre for
Philanthropy to support large scale improvements to the school
system in interior Sindh, and a grant to the Citizen's Foundation to
sustain schooling in the slum areas of Karachi. It has given
$220,000 to the Lahore University of Management Science to research
ways of improving corporate governance.
5. In addition, Citibank has a program whereby employees involved
in public service can obtain Citi Foundation grants to support the
organizations for which they volunteer.
6. Citibank's corporate philosophy of giving back to the
communities where it has a presence is well exemplified in the many
initiatives its supports in Pakistan, and make it an excellent
candidate for the Secretary's award.
PATTERSON