By Modupe Gbadeyanka
Over 2,000 marginalised girls in secondary schools in Abuja, Lagos and Nasarawa States recently received menstrual period kits from Keystone Bank Limited.
The donation was in furtherance of the lender’s commitment to empower, enhance and promote healthy living amongst Nigerian women and young girls.
Keystone Bank gave out the items through its Pink Network initiative, in partnership with the Giveback Nigeria and Hayat Holdings, makers of Molped pads.
About 1,242 secondary school girls in Lagos benefitted from the gesture, while 600 and 250 received the kits in Abuja and Nasarawa State respectively.
“Most often, young girls in the hinterland have to skip school and stay home simply because they cannot afford to buy sanitary pads during their menstrual periods.
“At Keystone Bank, we believe in giving every child, every means necessary to reach great potential.
“Something so natural and integral to a growing woman’s development should not be a barrier to her success or meant as an embarrassment or shame, hence the drive behind our action,” the Acting Divisional Head of Corporate Communications at Keystone Bank, Ms Izore Bamawo, was quoted as saying in a statement issued by the bank.
Keystone Bank is a technology and service-driven commercial bank offering convenient and reliable solutions to its customers.
On March 18, 2015, it launched the Keystone Bank Pink Network, an extensive bouquet of offering for every Nigerian woman seeks to provide women with all the necessary advantage required to thrive in their businesses, personal life, career, lifestyle, health amongst others.
The initiative is part of the bank’s corporate social responsibility (CSR) pillar to provide an enabling environment by improving the well-being, health, lifestyle and studies of young girls in the communities wherein it operates.
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