By Our Reporter
Pride Microfinance Uganda, yesterday visited and made donations worth over Ushs 35,000,000 to SOS Children’s Villages. The support given to the childcare organization is in line with Pride Microfinance’s Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) mandate.
The donations included Ushs 30,000,000 that will go towards educating 2 SOS children for 4 years from Senior One to Senior Four. The other sanitary donations were made in kind. Pride Microfinance staff members pooled these items together to enable SOS Uganda achieve the purpose for which they were established – to provide a loving, comfortable home and basic needs for every child.
Pride Microfinance also announced that their Human Resource Department would be offering 10 slots for research students and 5 slots for internship students this year – and SOS children will be the beneficiaries of these.
Michael Tibagendeka, Pride’s Head of Marketing who led the team and represented the Managing Director said the donation had been made in line with the financial institution’s CSR agenda to reach out to communities in need.
“With SOS Uganda and its structures on the ground, we are confident that whatever we want to reach the people at the bottom of the pyramid will reach them. These are our customers and in the long run, these communities will support us eventually. Our determination and commitment remain to enhance sustainability into the future,
