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Bank of Saint Lucia Focuses on Carnival's Creativity and the South
The carnival season is underway and Bank of Saint Lucia has already given a major contribution to ensuring that the festival's creativity remains intact. The bank presented just over $10,000.00 to the Cultural Development Foundation (CDF) at its official carnival press launch held on June 4th. And for the first time, Bank of Saint Lucia is Gold Sponsor of the South Calypso Tent which has approximately 15 calypsonians competing this year.
The majority of the bank's contribution to CDF will go towards the prize money for the King and Queen of the Bands Competition for both the junior and senior categories. This is the second consecutive year that Bank of Saint Lucia has contributed in this way to the competition. The bank is also supporting Kiddies Carnival by donating the trophy that will be presented to this year's Kiddies Carnival Band of the Year. At the launch, Bank of Saint Lucia's Senior Marketing Officer, Jahn Sifflet, said that as an indigenous financial entity, the bank is keen to preserve the artistic elements of carnival.
In presenting its sponsorship cheque of $5000.00 to South Calypso Tent Director, Tony Wilkinson, Bank of Saint Lucia's Senior Marketing Manager, Maria Fowell, said that the bank targeted the south in an effort to encourage talent in different parts of the island. With branches island-wide, she also emphasized the bank's commitment to develop the communities in which it operates.
Bank of Saint Lucia's Snr. Marketing Officer, Jahn Sifflet (left) presents commitment letter to CDF Executive Director, Kennedy 'Boots' Samuel) |
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EC Global Encourages Women's Empowerment
Insurance arm of East Caribbean Financial Holding Company (ECFH), EC Global Insurance gave major support to a significant one-day seminar for women. EC Global was bronze sponsor of Milestone Development's Women's Empowerment seminar that was held on June 5th at Sandals Grande Saint Lucian Spa and Beach Resort. Milestone Development is a local company that provides services and training aimed at personal and professional development.
According to Milestone Development's Lisa Charles, the seminar's aim was "to celebrate our Caribbean women by giving them one day of valuable information that will inspire and motivate them to develop the potential within themselves". As the provider of Angel Advantage, an insurance policy specifically for women, EC Global was keen to support this initiative by Milestone Development. It sees the Women's Empowerment seminar as a welcome forum for Saint Lucian women to discuss and explore all the issues that impact on their personal and professional lives. Therefore, EC Global was pleased to be able to facilitate this opportunity through its financial contribution as bronze sponsors.
EC Global and its parent company, ECFH, also sponsored the participation of some staff members at the seminar so that they too could benefit from the information shared. Women's Empowerment featured American celebrity, Star Jones, who is the keynote speaker as well as former Miss Universe, Wendy Fitzwilliam. Topics such as balancing work and family life, positive self image and financial planning were tackled at the seminar. |
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ECFH Gives Back to Customers
As the East Caribbean Financial Holding Company (ECFH) observes its 9th anniversary on July 1st, the company has chosen to celebrate by showing its appreciation to its customers. ECFH will be hosting its Customer Appreciation Day on Thursday, July 1st, across its subsidiaries including all Bank of Saint Lucia branches, the Rodney Bay Business Centre and EC Global Insurance. 'Our Customers, Our Foundation' is the theme of this year's Customer Appreciation Day.
ECFH is introducing a variety of exciting and attractive prizes and giveaways to its customers in addition to some surprise events on the day itself. The Group has also partnered with selected corporate customers who will be displaying their products and services in the various branches and subsidiaries. This year's Customer Appreciation Day will be all about giving back as much as possible to ECFH customers for their patronage and loyalty. The Group recognizes that its success for the last 9 years has been driven to a large extent by its customers and their confidence and investment in the company. |
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Bank of Saint Lucia Promotes Proper Money Management
As part of its commitment to the National Enrichment Learning Programme (NELP) and financial literacy, Bank of Saint Lucia recently conducted a series of presentations on saving and budgeting for the adult learners enrolled in the programme. The participants were taught the basics of saving, the various types of savings accounts available and the associated benefits. They were also instructed on what constituted a budget and how to prepare one for their own households. The presentations were held throughout the month of May.
Bank of Saint Lucia gives financial support to NELP centres in Banse la Grace, Jacmel, Canaries and Belle Vue to the tune of $10,000.00 annually. This series of presentations were conceived by the bank's Corporate Communications Unit as a way of supplementing this financial support and spreading the benefits of financial literacy. These presentations are Bank of Saint Lucia's way of ensuring that people at all levels of learning are aware of the proper money management.
The students at each of the centres were very appreciative of the knowledge shared. One of the participants at the Canaries centre pointed out that this type of information though important, was not normally presented to adults and so this was a good undertaking by Bank of Saint Lucia.
NELP Coordinator, Mrs. Lucy Joseph thanked Bank of Saint Lucia not only for its financial support but also for initiatives such as these financial literacy presentations. She felt that the presentation on savings and budgeting was essential to the learners, especially at this time with the ongoing recession which is easing but is not over. She also implored the learners to take full advantage of the programme which through the bank's sponsorship was provided to them free of charge.
Two officials from Bank of Saint Lucia conducted the presentations, Credit Risk Analyst, Ms Rufina Charlery and Manager of the Agri-Business Services Unit, Mr. Emmanuel Haynes and it was coordinated by the bank's Corporate Relations Officer, Terrence Albert. |
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