April 5th 2021, Hyderabad: Mercure Hyderabad KCP celebrated the International Transgender Day to raise awareness about the discrimination faced by transgender community. The event started with a warm welcome with a welcome drink by the staff,followed by lunch and conversations.The struggles and fundamental right of dignity and live freely in the society with the same respect is all what the community wants. Ensuring this creates an awareness in the society that we live-in was the motive.
The team at, Mercure Hyderabad KCP had lunch with them at Cayenne and post lunch a session to understand their struggle was conducted, in order to identify the scope how and where to help them and find equal opportunities for them..The session enlightened the thoughts and learnings about the diverse beliefs, values, opinions, tradition and culture.
Speaking on the occasion, Mr. Soumitra Pahari, General Manager, Mercure Hyderabad KCP said “We at Mercure Hyderabad KCP are committed to doing everything within our scope for the betterment of our society. We are delighted to celebrate the International Transgender Day at our hotel. This was to celebrate the transgender communityand a small step towards gaining anequality,rights and respectinday-to-day life. We all had a wonderful time together and hope this initiative will bring about a change the mind-set of the society, by eliminating the discrimination and misconceptions about the transgender community.”