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COMMUNITY INVESTMENT AND

SERVICE TO THE SOCIETY

At Access Bank, we are committed to supporting the Number of community groups engaged 35.7
growth and prosperity of our communities, hence we make
deliberate efforts to support various projects, organiza- Number of pregnant women provided 4,537
with treated long lasting insecticide net
tions, and events focused on making a positive difference
in the communities in which we live and work. Our priority Number of people reached through 15,000
seminars on Malaria to Zero
areas are: health, education, sports, arts, environment and
social welfare. We have since 2015 invested N3.48billion in Number of people reached with infor- 1,032,000
mation, education and communication
various corporate social responsibility initiatives, thereby materials
impacting 690 communities, reaching 19,982,425 lives and
358 Non-Governmental Organisations. Some of our most
notable social investments in the past year include:
ACCESS BANK LAGOS CITY MARATHON
• Malaria-to-Zero Initiative
• Access Bank Lagos City Marathon In 2017, the Bank strengthened its partnership with the La-
gos State Government to successfully host the second edi-
• UNICEF Fifth Chukker Polo Tournament
tion of the Access Bank Lagos City Marathon. This partner-
• Partnership for Impactful Community Development ship aims to provide strategic support in the area of sports
whilst promoting healthy and active living through fitness
MALARIA-to-ZERO INITIATIVE and exercise. The event which was approved by the Athlet-
ics Federation of Nigeria and endorsed by the International
Malaria is a major public health problem in Nigeria where it Association of Athletics Federations drew athletes from
accounts for more cases and deaths than any other coun- across the globe. The 2017 edition was ranked 2nd in Africa
try in the world. The statistics around malaria are not only immediately after the Cape Town Marathon by the All-Ath-
shocking, but they are also disheartening. According to letics.com. The marathon also emerged 71st amongst over
WHO (2016), Malaria is a risk to 76% of the Nigerian pop- 1000 international marathons globally.
ulation. There are an estimated 100 million malaria cases
with over 300,000 deaths per year in Nigeria.

The Malaria-to-Zero Initiative is an innovative financing UNICEF FIFTH CHUKKER POLO TOURNAMENT
platform to galvanize private sector resources and capa- The UNICEF Charity Shield Polo Tournament is one of the
bilities for sustained support towards averting at least one key initiatives, sponsored by Access Bank to drive devel-
million malaria cases and deaths by 2020. This is a first step opment in the communities it serves. The 2017 edition of
towards complementing government’s effort in achieving the Access Bank-UNICEF Charity Shield Polo tournament
its malaria pre-elimination goals by 2020. The five focus ar- was designed to raise more awareness on the plight of
eas of this intervention include increasing the coverage of vulnerable children and orphans especially the Internally
the following: Displaced Persons (IDPs) scattered across Northern Ni-
geria. The tournament which was in two phases, started in
• Indoor Residual Spraying (IRS) Kaduna State and climaxed in the UK with the Access Bank
Charity Shield Polo Day at the prestigious Guards Polo Club
• Seasonal Malaria Chemoprophylaxis (SMC) - which is in London. The range of events which featured celebrities
preventive medication taken during the season when from different parts of the globe, proved to be yet another
malaria is predominant
platform for galvanizing funds from different individuals to-
• Management of Severe Malaria wards supporting the less priviledged in Northern Nigeria.
The Bank, in line with this year’s goal, donated N10,000,000
• Demand creation to UNICEF for the cause.

• In-country research and capacity building
PARTNERSHIP FOR IMPACTFUL COMMUNITY DEVEL-
IMPACT OF MALARIA TO ZERO INITIATIVE OPMENT
Access Bank Plc in its drive for sustainable development
Description Recipients
strongly believes that health and productivity are in-
Number of people reached in rural com- 273,000 terlinked themes that strongly determine our ability to
munities with malaria information.
achieve a sustainable society. For over 10 years we have

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