Celebrating the Festive Season at Great Ormond Street Hospital Children’s Party

LONDON, United Kingdom - Aramco Overseas Company Ltd.-- (AOC UK) employees were lucky enough to see some of the most beautiful smiles in London at a winter holiday party the AOC staff organized for the children on the heart and lung transplant ward of Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH

Dressed as story book characters, fairies, and clowns, AOC UK Employees armed with bubbles and party blowers, made sure that the children treated at the children’s hospital had an extra special day to remember.

“Corporate social responsibility is high on the agenda of our London office, which opened earlier this year,” said AOC managing director Ahmed M. Alzayyat. “AOC coordinates the referrals for Saudi Aramco employees that are hospitalized in Europe for medical treatment, including the United Kingdom. Therefore it is not only important to build good relations with the hospitals here, but it is close to our heart to do something for those who cannot be at home during this month of Eid al-Adha and Christmas celebrations.”

During the winter holiday party, the children and their families were whisked away to a wintry world, complete with jugglers, magicians and a DJ who had everyone boogying away on the dance floor to classic party tunes. AOC UK employees handed gifts to the beaming children. “This was a fantastic day for them; AOC UK really made this year’s holiday season extra special. They absolutely loved their presents”, said Sarah Hegley, Corporate Partnerships of GOSH.

“It was phenomenal to spend time with these kids, all of whom have faced such extraordinary life challenges at an extremely young age,” said AOC UK chief representative Abdulhadi Al-Mansouri. “For us, there is no greater gift than seeing the smiles on their faces as we spent a few hours with them during these seasonal inspired celebrations.”

The hospital at Great Ormond Street is the only exclusively specialist children's hospital in the UK. Accommodating the countries’ largest children’s intensive care unit, it is the leading centre in Europe for children with cancer, and the world’s biggest centre for children’s heart transplants. In the past, children of Saudi Aramco employees have been