Fidelity Bank Empower 1,950 Students, Women With Solar Bags, Machines In Anambra
Fidelity Banks PLC on Friday distributed empowerment items to no fewer than 1,950 indigent students and rural women in Anambra.
The programme which also involved cash empowerment was done in collaboration with Healthy Living with Nonye Soludo, a Non Governmental Organisation of Wife of the governor of Anambra.
The three categories of the empowerment programme were Lighten Young Minds Initiative, Giver Her Power Initiative and Food Bank Initiative.
A total of 250 solar bags were distributed 250 students under the first category, 100 sewing machines
100 grinding machines were distributed under the second category while 1,500 food packs were distributed in the third category.
The solar powered smart school bags will enable the student to study in the dark or where there is no power supply.
Dr Nneka Onyeali-Ikpe, the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Fidelity Bank Plc who presented the items at the event held inside the new Government House also announced a donation of N25million to support the women.
Onyeali-Ikpe said the empowerment was in furtherance to Fidelity Bank’s commitment to social development and community empowerment.
She said the initiatives
were aimed at supporting vulnerable families, promoting education, and enhancing women’s economic participation.
She described the event as a landmark intervention which combined the bank’s flagship corporate social responsibility programmes under one platform for the first time.
“Fidelity Bank’s mission extends beyond providing financial services, the institution is dedicated to helping individuals realise their aspirations, overcome challenges, and build better lives.
“Our purpose goes beyond accounts, transactions, and banking services.
“We believe that when communities thrive, businesses thrive; when families prosper, societies become stronger; and when people are empowered, possibilities become endless,” she said.
Also speaking Mrs Soludo commended Fidelity Bank for the initiative which addressed the needs of the lowly and vulnerable.
“We gather today, not merely to distribute items or celebrate another social impact initiative, but to reaffirm a simple truth: when we invest in people, we invest in the future.
“Every woman supported, every child supported and every family assisted represents a step towards building a stronger, healthier and more prosperous Anambra State.

“It is therefore with profound gratitude that I commend Fidelity Bank Plc for identifying with this vision and choosing to invest in the well
being of our people,” she said.