Barclays
May 2008 (based on 2007 activities)
Barclays Bank of Zimbabwe is a member of the 1% club and donates 1% of its pre-tax profits toward Corporate Social Responsibility projects every year. The Bank has over the years identified education, health, social welfare and entrepreneurship as its focus areas, and these areas remained the same in 2007.
Junior Achievement Zimbabwe -
The Barclays Company Programme, run in partnership with Junior Achievement Zimbabwe, was launched in February 2007. Barclays sponsored 13 schools in which 900 ‘A’ level students benefited from the 4-6 months entrepreneurial training programme. Students start up a company and liquidate it at the end of the programme thus learning business fundamentals at an early stage. As part of the reward to the winning school, Barclays run a Job Shadow day where the students spend a day with Barclays Senior management, shadowing them as they go through their normal work day. Barclays invested £10,000 in this programme.
Barclays Step Ahead
Barclays Step Ahead initiative was a charity walk initiative where all the funds raised during the six walks held in Zimbabwe contributed to a combined 72 400 km and raised £5,333 towards assisting local communities. 15 institutions across the country benefited from the funds raised during Step Ahead. These included children’s homes, homes for the physically challenged, homes for the elderly amongst others.
School Building Project
Barclays Bank of Zimbabwe, in partnership with World Vision in Zimbabwe, contributed towards the building of a school in Mutoko rural area. The school will be completed over a number of phases and once complete will benefit around 1000 pupils.
Make a Difference Day (MADD)
MADD brings together all employees in an initiative to participate in various charity projects. Staff raise the money for the various initiatives and these are matched by the Bank enabling Barclays to contribute positively to the communities in which it operates. In 2007 over 80% of staff participated in MADD with over 7000 hours dedicated towards various projects. A total of £8,640 was donated.
Social Welfare
Barclays partnered with other organisations to donate sanitary wear to women in prison. Over 2000 women in four women’s prison benefited from the programme. The Bank also donated two printers and a fax machine to King George VI in Bulawayo.
Public Health
The Bank purchased 20 hospital beds and cupboards for Chitungwiza General Hospital women’s wing.
