SOMALILAND: Haud teams score with cash award
BALIGUBADLE — Haud regional football and basketball teams were granted $1500 in cash award by SomTel on Friday as a part of its campaign to promote social programmes.
With players as well as player families and members of the local administration in attendance in Baligubadle, provincial capital of Haud, SomTel announced the award.
SomTel representative, Abdinasir Omar Elmi, said the donation was aimed encouraging the youth to get involved in sports. He added that it will be the cornerstone of their grassroots program.
He congratulated the two teams for making to the finals during the Somaliland Youth Tournament held in Burao at the start of the month.
Mr Elmi said they were deserving teams for showing passion, dedication and good sportsmanship.
The two teams thanked SomTel for their overall support for the tournament and the award. Both teams were defeated in the finals by Marodi Jeh.
SomTel was founded March 2010 in Somaliland and has since established itself as a reliable and reputable company offering a wide range of products and services in the telecommunication sector. It first introduced mobile services with zero dollar calls (SomTel-to-SomTel).
The company now offers a wide range of serivces including video calls, mobile TV and mobile banking. It is a subsidiary of Dahabshiil, the largest African money transfer company.
Somalilandpress
http://samotalis.blogspot.com/
No comments:
Post a Comment