Four thousand staff and family members of Barclays Ghana Limited as well as its community partners undertook various activities in different parts of the country to mark this year’s "Make A Difference Day" (MADD) last Saturday.
The day, was set aside by Barclays 14 years ago to encourage its staff to volunteer their time and use their skills towards community development in their areas of operations worldwide. Last year 16,500 colleagues were involved in 1,077 projects in 13 countries
The community service volunteers of the bank engaged in varied activities in many deprived communities to help make a difference in varied ways.
The Achimota Prestige Centre of the bank painted zebra crossing for schoolchildren at Mile 7.
The acting Branch Manager of the bank, Ms Akosua Yantey, said the branch was touched by a story of a client concerning an unfortunate schoolchild who had an accident at the zebra crossing area.
Other activities included general cleaning of the maternity ward of the 37 Military Hospital by the Airport City branch of the bank while the staff of the UNDP branch of the bank helped in the painting of the Airport Police Basic A to D School at the Airport Police Barracks.
The staff also interacted with children of the Zonta Club and inmates of the Junior Girls Correctional Centre at Ako Adjei.
The Managing Director of Barclays Ghana, Mr Benjamin Dabrah, said "we use the campaign to encourage volunteering among colleagues, because employee engagement is at the core of our community investment programme".
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