Staff of Ghana’s largest private indigenous bank and reigning CIMG Bank of the Year 2013, Fidelity Bank, recently demonstrated their commitment to raising awareness on and supporting special needs education by joining the New Horizon Special School’s (NHSS) students, staff and parents during their annual Health Walk and Fun Games dubbed “Walk the Talk, Don’t Leave Me Behind”.
[contextly_sidebar id=”laqNoaPRyrMILzAEZfuvtk4cHr4UHbFh”]Fidelity Bank was the headline sponsor of the event which took place last week. The day’s activities attracted more than three hundred and fifty (350) participants made up of students, parents, friends and well-wishers of the school as well as staff of Fidelity Bank.
Participants commenced the day with a health and awareness raising walk from the Osu Ebenezer Presby Church through the principal Osu Oxford Street to the school premises at Cantonments via the Police Hospital Road. The procession, accompanied by brass band music, also saw the distribution of fliers and display of placards with various messages including “Independence and bright future, my dream” and “I need your support, not your pity”.
The rest of the day was dedicated to various sporting activities including sack race, fill the bottle, football, lime and spoon race and a host of others. New Horizon and Fidelity Staff won against parents and well-wishers in the tug-of-peace.
Commenting on Fidelity’s strong relations with New Horizon, Dr. William Derban, Director of Corporate Social Responsibility and Inclusive Banking at Fidelity said, “Fidelity has always been supportive of New Horizon. As a home-grown institution, we are proud and ever ready to support Ghanaians who are passionate about solving challenges they have identified in their respective communities. As an organization with a mandate to ensure socio-economic development, we reaffirm our commitment to improving the well-being of the less-privileged in society through focused, meaningful interventions such as this”.
On his part, the Chairman of the occasion and former Chairman of the New Patriotic Party, Jake Otanka Obetsebi-Lamptey, making a donation on behalf of himself and his wife, called on other well-meaning social entrepreneurs to establish institutions of higher education to absorb graduates of New Horizon Special School and further the vision of the Executive Director and Founder, Mrs. Salome Francois.
The Principal of the school, Mrs. Vanessa Adu-Akorsah, expressed her profound gratitude to Fidelity, the Chairman and well-wishers present and urged other individuals and organizations to follow-suit and support the school in cash and kind.
Source: Fidelity Bank