As a wave of sorrow and despair overtook the nation last week after a bomb was set off inside the St. Mark’s Cathedral in Cairo, many were wondering how they can help. Unfortunately, many of these thoughts were ultimately ephemeral. However, for Wael Fakharany, Managing Director of the car service application Careem, the thought of helping actually materialized into something real. Fakharany set up an urgent meeting with the highest ranking Coptic figure in Egypt: Pope Tawadros II. According to an article written by Fakharany himself, Careem is launching a very simple initiative. The transportation network company is going to donate one Egyptian Pound from every Careem ride in the entirety of Egypt to a collective fund aimed at aiding the families of those who were injured or deceased as a result of the attack. The latest initiative by Careem comes after it had decided to offer free rides to anyone travelling to a hospital to donate blood for the victims of the deadly terrorist attack. For Careem, free rides for blood donation, which Uber also provided afterwards, was not enough. “We felt we were in a position to do…
How ‘Careem’ Hopes to Unite Egyptians After Cairo Cathedral Terror Attack
December 15, 2016
