Together4ALimb: Stanbic IBTC hands over N67m to 45 children, others

Over N67 million in cheque was on Saturday, November 25, 2023 handed to 45 children who are beneficiaries of this year’s Together4ALimb, an annual flagship corporate social investment initiative of Stanbic IBTC designed to provide succour for the children who have lost their limb in the society as well as provide educational trust fund until they are 18 years.

This year’s event with the theme: “Wellness in Motion,” saw each child awarded with educational trust fund of N1,500,000.

The event which is the ninth was held at the company’s Corporate Headquarters, at Walter Carrington, off Ozumba Mbadiwe, Victoria Island, Lagos, featured various activities among which was an eight-kilometre distance walk by physically present attendants in Lagos.

Speaking to journalists at the event, Bridget Oyefeso Odusami, Head, Brand and Marketing, Stanbic IBTC said, Together4ALimb initiative is one the bank’s way of giving back to the society.

She said the initiative was very important to Stanbic IBTC because “we felt that we can’t be in a community and not impact it and we drive Nigeria’s growth hence it has to be across board not just for a select few and we feel that, this will make the most impact to these children”.

“The adults that we are dealing with, the businessmen who do business with us, we think that if we don’t start by capturing them young we won’t get them when they are older and because they have some form of disability they are excluded, so, we decided to play in that niche, where we found out the children- some of them are in the universities and imagine if they do not have limbs, how would they have been able to cope?” she queried.

“The fact that we came to the rescue through our partner, Ifeanhealth, to these  beneficiaries- they go around looking for these children, accessing and evaluating them once they are recommended to be fitted, we then take them on board. Kit them with prosthetic limb whether the arm or leg and then give them an educational trust fund until they are 18 years.

“The good thing is that the impact is not just for the child but the family because we are taking a huge burden from their parents or guardian so that these children can focus on doing what you and I do on a daily basis rather than limping,” she said.

Commending Stanbic IBTC, Ejike Ani, Chief Executive, IfeanHealth, Provider of prosthetics in Nigeria, and partner to Stanbic IBTC said for the past nine years the bank has ensured smile on the faces of children who has challenges with their limb by providing them with prosthetics.

“These kids have been victims of trauma, accident at home.  Stanbic identifies children from low income families who naturally would not be able to afford prosthetics and provide for them as well as educational trust fund of N1,500,000 per child and they will be changing the limb until they are 18years.

“Today is a mile stone bringing together people from the 36 states of the federation including Abuja. As expressed by the Group CEO, they said this year they want to do a quantum leap- from 10/10 to 45 beneficiaries this year- its massive. This is pan Nigeria, all states covered. We are happy for these children, who can now do virtually everything their peers are doing which ordinarily they may not have been able to do. Thanks to Stanbic IBTC because its their sponsorship that is powering this,” he pointed.

This year’s event brings the number of people who have benefitted from the initiative to 100.

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