NBS Bank plc has dedicated K10 million to toughen 5 minute-scale and excessive impact initiatives undertaken by Corps Africa volunteers in the country.
The Bank’s Chief Finance Officer (CFO), Ernest Tembo presented the commitment at this year’s Corps Africa Pitch Day hosted by the Moroccan Kingdom Embassy in Lilongwe on Thursday.
Tembo acknowledged as a ‘Caring Bank’, NBS values the many initiatives volunteers are championing in the country as they reduction Malawians in an extraordinarily good deal of ways.
“We listened to the presentations on all the projects in the communities and all of them will have a major impact in the community. As NBS Bank, our theme this year is ‘We Care a Little More’ and caring a little more means working with people, projects, individuals or institutions that have major impact on lives in the communities. So, we are happy today there were projects on health, on businesses and others,” acknowledged Tembo.
Deputy Minister of Gender, Halima Daudi and Corps Africa Malawi chairperson Martha Kwataine, applauded NBS Bank and the volunteers for watching the necessity of the parents in the rural areas.
In his remarks, Moroccan ambassador to Malawi Abdelkader Naji acknowledged he used to be impressed that they managed to get funds for the volunteers from NBS Bank thru the pitch day.
“Together with partners, we have raised something for the volunteers to embark on their projects which will benefit Malawians,” he acknowledged.
The pitch day saw 5 younger Malawian volunteers namely Coreen Banda, Devlin Sapuwa, Harry Bvumbwe, Imran Chiposyo, and Chikondi Chisale presenting their venture solutions in Mangochi, Mchinji, Chikwawa, Nsanje, and Lilongwe respectively.
The volunteers had been recruited and trained by Corps Africa, which geared up them to possess interaction local folks of Malawian communities and facilitate minute-scale, excessive-impact initiatives.
