CIBC donates to One Family programme

CIBC Caribbean has once again extended its support to the Ministry of People Empowerment and Elder Affairs with a generous donation of $8 000 to the One Family programme.

The donation, which was the second from the bank in six months, was officially handed over to Minister of People Empowerment and Elder Affairs, Kirk Humphrey, during a brief ceremony held at the ministry’s offices in the Warrens Office Complex.

In accepting the contribution on behalf of the Ministry, Humphrey expressed his appreciation for the continued partnership.

“Last year around the time of the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, they would have donated $8 000, and again today we are receiving a contribution of $8 000. We made the commitment last year that the funds that come into the Ministry by any organisation, we would be in a position to trace where those funds went and directly what the funds contributed to,” he said.

“Last year, when we received those funds we were able to support, through the Barbados Hospitality Institute, 15 persons who would have been training in work pertaining to housekeeping and so on. Most of those persons are either working or in the process of getting work… so you were able to directly contribute to empowering a family.”

He revealed that Monday’s donation will go towards supporting a youth-focused reading programme.

Humphrey said, “These funds will be used to …allow young people to be able to read and to have those skills that they can make a contribution to Barbados as well. So we are very thankful for this support. It goes directly to our work in the Ministry, and it will change lives in a real and meaningful way.”

CIBC Caribbean’s Head of Country for Barbados, Kemar Polius, said the bank was committed to giving community support.

“We at CIBC are exceptionally proud to partner with the Ministry of People Empowerment and Elder Affairs. Going all the way back to COVID, we would have supported the Ministry in supporting the people in our community. This is exceptionally dear to us, as we are from this community and give back. So we are very proud to be part of this,” Polius said.

(SB)