Careem scheme aims to help refugees

Careem, the region’s leading car hailing app, has collaborated with United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to support and raise awareness of programmes to benefit refugees, asylum seekers and the stateless as well as returnee and internally displaced persons in the Mena region.

Careem, which recently expanded to over 50 cities in the region, will launch a “UNHCR” car type that will allow users to choose to support refugees.

The function will provide a simple and easy way for users to actively help raise awareness and donations towards the growing refugee crisis, by simply commuting on a daily basis.
 
“Careem, which means to be generous in Arabic, was born with a simple purpose of simplifying and improving the lives of people,” said Mudassir Sheikha, CEO and founder, Careem. “From the region and for the region, this initiative comes, not in response to the growing public debate, but instead at a critical milestone in the ever-growing Syrian refugee crisis which is nearing almost 5 million registered refugees and similarly 5.2 million refugees from Palestine. As a responsible corporate citizen, Careem will work closely with the UNHCR to help alleviate the situation and improve the lives of our community,” Sheikha said.

The “UNHCR” car type will be available in all Careem Economy or Go cars across the region. Upon selection, a pre-determined donation amount, respective to each country, will be added to the regular ride amount, allowing riders to donate actively