The first step is to make that decision to do what counts.
Show care, inform, give, share and love. This is how progress is made and we
grow. This is how you help a friend or a loved one. This is what makes us
human.
For Sterling Bank, it hits closer to home because the bank’s
priority sectors are Health, Education, Agriculture, Renewable Energy, and
Transportation. This is the H.E.A.R.T of Sterling. This is what makes it beat.
With Health as one of the main pillars, the bank has supported the fight
against the unfortunate COVID-19 pandemic since its inception, necessitating
its novel interventions which include:
A 250 Million Naira donation to assist the Federal
Government’s fight against COVID-19
The sponsorship of a drive-through mass testing centre with
a target capacity of 200 tests per day
A 50 Million Naira donation to Fate Foundation to convert
and equip Igbobi Hospital as an isolation centre
Free healthcare checkup for 60 days
Contribution of 25 Million Naira to the launch of the Health
Workers Fund on Giving.ng
The development of an educative COVID game
With the rise in the number of people affected by COVID-19
in Nigeria, the bank made a donation of N250 million to support the Federal Government's
effort to curtail the spread in the country. According to the financial
institution, the donation is part of its contribution to the Bankers' Committee
of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to combat the epidemic, adding that it is
also working with the newly formed Nigerian Private Sector Coalition Against
COVID-19.
In addition, a free mobile testing centre was launched as
they saw the need to expand testing for the virus in the community. This was
made possible by LifeBank in partnership with The Nigerian Institute of Medical
Research (NIMR) and was proudly sponsored by Sterling Bank.
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Settling up of the Sterling sponsored COVID-19 Drive-through
testing centre
The idea was conceived, it got funded, the facility was
built and it was launched in just 5 days. On 31st March 2020, 70 people were
tested and the aim is to get 200 people tested per day. The Drive-through Mass
Testing Centre is located at the parking lot of the Cancer Research Centre of
NIMR. To get tested, visit http://nimr.covid.com.ng to
register.
Medical personnel at the Sterling sponsored COVID-19
Drive-through testing centre
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The Sterling sponsored COVID-19 Drive-through testing centre
Sterling Bank also saw the need to design and equip a
state-of-the-art isolation centre as the number of infected people grew. In
partnership with Fate Foundation, the bank made a donation of 50 Million Naira
to convert the Igbobi Hospital into an isolation centre for the fight of
coronavirus.
The Bank, in its creative corporate citizenship, to combat
the scourge of this unwanted pandemic decided to offer free health care
checkups. The venture was made available through the partnership with Tremendoc
Limited, a technology service whose mobile application provides a virtual
doctor on-demand. They are making doctors available anytime and anywhere and
for 60 days, customers will have 24-hour access to free medicals on Sterling
Bank’s tab. All that is required is to visit sterling.ng/doc to get started.
There was also the design of the COVID game, a simple but
very interactive, fun and informative game developed with the aim of creating
awareness about the Coronavirus and more importantly, to show the right
preventive measures to take when dealing with the virus. To play the game,
visit sterling.ng/cov19.
But that’s not all. There is one more touchpoint.
There are the health workers at the forefront of this fight
that no one is paying attention to. Sterling Bank saw that these medical
practitioners were putting their lives at risk for the greater good and this is
what necessitated the donation to the Health Workers Fund - a crowdfunding
initiative for health workers at the forefront of the fight of this deadly
pandemic to assist them, their family and loved ones in getting through these
times.
Giving, a crowdfunding
platform has launched a special COVID-19 fund where Nigerians can make their
contributions towards the goal. The aim is to raise One Billion Naira to
support the cause and the health workers on the forefront of this fight.
You can join in the fight against COVID-19, by making a
contribution to eradicate this pandemic for good. Contributions can be made
on https://giving.ng/covid19.
Every naira donated will go a long way in saving the country we call our home.
Since the start of this pandemic, we have seen a lot of
efforts collectively worldwide to put an end to it as soon as possible and to
find a cure. We are sad but we will fight for it as long as it takes because
this is a fight for humanity.
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