Heritage Bank Plc, in a statement on Wednesday, said it was lending its support to the “World Book Day”, an event designated by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation ( UNESCO) as a worldwide celebration of books and reading.
Now in its 20th year and marked in over 100 countries all over the world, the event is for children of all ages to come together to appreciate reading.
According to the statement, as part of effort to inculcate the culture of reading books amongst children, the bank has donated a total of 16,340 comic books to 84 schools via Experience Centres, while investing in exciting “edutainment” activities for school communities.
The bank recently launched, “The protector’s” a comic series book to commemorate Children’s day. The super-heroes of the series, HK-1 and HK-2 will be touring schools this year to win allies to fight against the evil Gus D Ville, the statement added.
Also, other activities involve the first inter school quiz which commenced last December with 20 winners emerging from various schools.
