Nedbank team surpass fundraising goal

Through a Nedbank employee initiative called the Nedbank Team Challenge, a team of the bank’s employees contributed to making a meaningful difference in the lives of vulnerable Namibians children, through a partnership with Amos Meerkat – a project under the Namibia Life Change Centres Foundation (NLCCF).

The team of eight Nedbank employees set a target of raising N$10 500 to help Amos Meerkat. Through fundraising efforts, they surpassed their goal and raised a total of N$18 300. The funds were used to buy storage boxes as well as durable bags for transporting study materials to remote areas. The money also helped procure stationery packs for learners, including pens, pencils, glue and rulers. An amount of N$2 000 was also donated to support teacher training expenses and provide knitted dolls for trauma counselling to help affected children overcome personal challenges.

Nedbank Namibia manager for safe custodial services and team member Christine Carstens said: "Working with Amos Meerkat helped us live by our ethos of being money experts who do good and was both an inspiring and deeply humbling experience."