FLOOD VICTIMS RECEIVE 2.5M IN AID FROM KCB FOUNDATION

FLOOD VICTIMS RECEIVE 2.5M IN AID FROM KCB FOUNDATION

By Patience Chemjor

Kenya Commercial Bank Foundation has come

to the aid of households hit by floods in

Budalangi, Busia County with a KShs 2.5 million

donation.

The funding, to be expended through the KCB

Kenya Port Victoria branch, will see affected

families access basic items that will be

supplied by businesses that bank with us and

who own shops in the locality.

This will be done by drawing from the

community’s own economic eco-system as it

will incorporate buying from the local

businesses; mainly community kiosks or local

shops in the rural areas. This support will also

act as mitigation for micro-businesses hard hit

by the devastating COVID-19 pandemic.

“By adopting this approach, we seek to spur the

local economy by creating demand for local

small businesses as an inbuilt immediate by-

product of our support”, said KCB Foundation

Managing Director Jane Mwangi.

In a bid to enforce safety measures, and

avoiding handling of cash, in the wake of

COVID-19, the branch will purchase the

essential items that will then be distributed to

the beneficiaries at the over 70 camps for the

displaced.

“We have organised this support by subdividing

beneficiaries into different vulnerability groups;

apart from basic food items, the girls will be

given sanitary pads while pregnant women,

lactating mother, the elderly and persons with

disability will be provided with mosquito nets,”

added the MD.

She affirmed the Foundation’s support to

communities served by KCB Group particularly

to the vulnerable groups.

Last month, KCB Group extended similar

support to flood victims in West Pokot County

through the KCB Foundation’s Tuungane

initiative, as part of the KCB Foundation’s

humanitarian intervention to communities.