Staff of Fidelity Bank Plc. working under the auspices of the Fidelity Helping Hands Programme (FHHP), a special vehicle for the Bank’s Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) practice constructed water treatment plant and donated computers and other office equipment to the Nigerian Naval Medical Centre, Naval Dockyard, Victoria Island. Lagos.
Commissioning the project, Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, Fidelity Bank Plc. Nnamdi Okonkwo said that the Bank, as a socially responsible institution, takes pride in its humble accomplishment in entrenching the culture of true and responsible citizenship among staff members through regular training programmes and integration exercises in the Bank’s various business offices. “It is this passion for our country and our people that has motivated the staff driven initiative which we fondly call the Fidelity Helping Hands Programme”.
While commending the staff of the Human Resources Division of the Bank, who in their little corners, contributed their widow’s mite to construct the water treatment plant and provide office equipment for the Naval Medical Centre, Okonkwo noted that Fidelity Bank is the only bank in the country where staff members contribute their salaries to embark on projects that impact on the lives of their host communities.
“Fidelity Bank strives to reinforce strong, healthy Community Relations by identifying with communities in activities that are most relevant to them. We play a leading role in identifying with and seeking solutions to the problems of our host communities”. He explained that in CSR, the community is like a farmland where everyman chooses the acreage to till and urged other corporate institutions to emulate Fidelity bank in its drive to make the world a better place for humanity.
Though, the Fidelity Bank CSR philosophy rests on a tripod – the Environment, Education and Health/Social Welfare, the Bank through the all-inclusive bottom-top CSR approach, Fidelity Helping Hand Programme (FHHP), has impacted positively on the lives of its host communities across the country.
