Scotiabank has announced that it is donating CAD$250,000 to the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) to support its coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccination roll out and preparedness programs in Barbados, Dominican Republic, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago.
The bank noted that UNICEF has been working with regional governments to distribute vaccines, through the COVAX Facility.
In a statement, Scotiabank said the donation will “strengthen advocacy through multi-channel community engagement activities, focusing on driving adult vaccination as an important step towards controlling the pandemic.”
Anya Schnoor, Executive Vice President, Caribbean, Central America and Uruguay, Scotiabank commented: “We are pleased to collaborate with UNICEF in support of their vaccine rollout efforts and education programs. As community members, it’s important we do our part to help mitigate the health and economic impacts across the Caribbean so we can get beyond this pandemic safely.”
Aloys Kamuragiye, UNICEF Representative for the Eastern Caribbean, said: “We are grateful for Scotiabank’s support towards our advocacy and communication efforts to combat vaccine hesitancy in Trinidad and Tobago and Barbados. In supporting UNICEF, Scotiabank is standing with children and playing a key role in ensuring their childhoods are not threatened by the impacts of the pandemic. We applaud such local contributions from the private sector that will mean so much to the communities, families and children in the Eastern Caribbean.”
