Jeddah, Saudi Arabia – Uber today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with “Albir Society” in Jeddah to help provide increased mobility options for all those under the society’s care.

Albir Society affirmed that the new agreement will provide reliable, affordable and easy-access transportation to 200 kidney dialysis patients under the care of “Albir Society” to and from dialysis centres.

For her part, Eethar Al-Hassan, Uber Saudi Arabia Marketing Manager said: “Uber has always been committed to giving back to the communities we serve. And this, coupled with our goal of making transportation more accessible to people of all stripes and backgrounds, made “Albir” a natural choice of a partner. Through this partnership, we’re hoping to use our technology to make transportation more readily available and reliable for those most in need in Jeddah.”

Albir Society in Jeddah runs a number of charitable projects, including an endowment program that ensures proper care is provided to vulnerable families and kidney dialysis patients. The society has successfully accommodated over 900 orphans, endowed over 2000 underprivileged families, and provided more than 40,000 dialysis sessions to over 290 kidney-failure patients, as well as supplied the necessary medicines, vaccines and monthly checks to all those in need without distinction or exception.

Uber has recently launched ‘Masaruky’ ("your path" in Arabic) initiative - which was announced earlier in March and includes a SAR 1 million pledge that aims to increase women’s participation in the workforce through access to affordable transportation, in addition to increasing women’s access to flexible, part time economic opportunities through the use of Uber technology.

About Uber

Uber’s mission is to bring reliable transportation to everywhere, for everyone. We were founded in 2009 to solve an important problem: how do you get a ride at the push of a button? More than five billion trips later, we've started tackling even greater challenges: making transportation safer with self-driving cars, delivering food quickly and affordably with UberEATS, and reducing congestion in cities by getting more people into fewer cars.

In the Middle East, Uber is already in Dubai, Cairo, Alexandria, Amman, Casablanca, Riyadh, Jeddah, Eastern Province, Makkah, Madinah, Hail, Qassim, Kharj, Yanbu, Ehsa, Taif, Manama, Beirut, Doha, Istanbul, Karachi, Lahore, Hyderabad, Islamabad, Rawalpindi, Faisalabad, and Gujranwala with plans for expansion across the region To request a ride, users must download the free application for Android, iPhone, Windows Phone, Blackberry 7, or sign up at uber.com/app. For more information, please visit:  https://www.uber.com/cities/  

© Press Release 2018