ABATS sponsors Vodafone Qatar team for Amsterdam charity race

• Published date: 10 November 2014
• Publication title: Gulf Times

The Ali Bin Ali Technology Solutions (ABATS) sponsored a team of four members from Vodafone Qatar for a charity marathon in Amsterdam which was held on October 19. The marathon was aimed to raise funds for the Vodafone Foundation Moyo Lesotho Challenge.

The Amsterdam Marathon saw 100 Vodafone employees from around the world taking part to raise funds that will be used to provide support to the young people living with HIV/AIDS in Lesotho.

Lesotho, which is one of the poorest countries in the world, has the third highest HIV prevalence in the world. According to statistics, almost 41,000 children and young people under 16 years of age are living with HIV in Lesotho.

As many as 36,000 of these children do not receive ARV (Antiretroviral) Therapy and suffer from this devastating epidemic.

The funds collected from Amsterdam Marathon would facilitate advanced technological options such as mobile money which would assist the children to receive transportation to travel and receive their medication, receive medical diagnosis results via mobile and sending mobile clinics to rural areas which would bring life saving care further and faster.

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