By Amin Kef Sesay
As part of its Corporate Social Responsibility, the nation’s largest commercial bank and the most profitable and reliable financial institution in the country, Sierra Leone Commercial Bank (SLCB) on the 6th June, 2020 donated handsomely food items worth thirty million Leones plus a cheque of Le5 million to the King George Home for the Aged at Regent Road on the Regent Grafton highway.
During the presentation ceremony, the Head of Corporate Affairs of the Bank, Mr. Leslie Bola Williams said the Bank was glad to be at the Home and to present the items obtained from profits accrued. He informed the recipients that it is SLCB’s corporate social responsibility culture to give back to the community where they operate.
In the Christian spirit of charity, he stated that anytime one ministers (gives) to the poor and needy it is an act that pleases God. Quoting bible scriptures, Mr Williams said; “He that giveth to the poor lendeth to the Lord.” He therefore stated that by giving to the poor and needy, SLCB has taken the right step.
Also to speak was the Bank’s Director of Business Development, Moses C. Sesay, who noted that it is the tradition of the bank to every year take a portion of their profit to give to their poor and needy brothers and sisters which he said is a very good gesture to God, stating that it is more blessed to give than to receive. He recalled that last year SLCB made similar donations to the Home.
Making the donation, the Director of Internal Audit, Mrs. Olayinka M.Y. Phillips said that though small, importantly it was to add value to the lives of the inmates. On behalf of the Board, Management and Staff of SLCB, she said they worked hard so that they too can live through their work to make life easier for them.
The items were warmly received by the Home’s Management who prayed that SLCB continues to survive and prosper and to inform the Managing Director and staff that the gesture was appreciated. The home’s choir interspersed the presentation program with the rendition of popular soulful Christian Hymns.
