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ThePower toMakeaDifference
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CorporateSocial Responsibility
Inherent to the belief that we each have an invaluable contribution
to make in strengthening the national community, is the desire to
work with others to achieve that goal. Through the multi-million
dollar social investment initiative, the Power to Make a Difference,
Republic Bank has formed powerful connections within the national
community in the hope of safeguarding the welfare and ensuring
the sustainable success of our beautiful nation.
At Republic Bank, we understand the critical importance of these
bonds in empowering diverse peoples and communities.
For more than a decade, through relationships with Non-
Governmental Organisations (NGOs) and Community-Based
Organisations (CBOs), we have worked together to help enhance
the quality of lives of the differently able; support healthcare
programmes and disability awareness initiatives; provide
opportunities for young people to realise their truest potential
through sport, education, culture and the arts; and raise the bar for
community investment through a wide-reaching, comprehensive
staff volunteerism programme.
PROJECTS2014 - 2015
In this latest phase of Power to Make A Difference, Republic Bank
pledged $22 million in support and sponsorship of community-
based and youth empowerment programmes. In this new phase,
we pursued traditional and innovative avenues to create sustainable
social solutions, including the introduction of a groundbreaking
staff volunteerism programme.
YouthEmpowerment
Sponsorship of sport, literacy and education programmes, all aimed
at challenging our nation’s young people to achieve excellence,
proved to be the hallmark of our investment during the 2014/2015
period.
One of the new initiatives was the full sponsorship of The Cropper
Foundation, and its much-needed teen writers workshop series,
which successfully engaged the minds of several young writers
by providing them with the wherewithal and avenues through
which they can create and publish their literary works. Additionally,
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Newly installed equipment von the refurbished YTEPP; Theodora Cllerie (Auntie Thea) performs
at the International Literacy Day; Olympic Athlete Andrew Lewis at the Associative Technology
Workshop; Rio Claro / ASJA Primary School, pose with Republic Bank’s literacy mascot ELLIE
