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The Scotiabank Bright Future Program marked its first full year of operation in 2008. The Program focuses the Bank’s charitable giving in the Caribbean and Latin America on causes that enhance the wellbeing of children, especially in the areas of education, health and wellness and poverty reduction. The majority of the Bank’s donations in 27 countries are now directed towards children’s causes, including to more than 180 non-profit groups in the Caribbean and Latin America last year.
Here are some examples:
- In Chile, Scotiabank continued its six-year alliance with the Maria Ayuda Foundation by making a major donation toward two new centres in Santiago that will shelter mistreated children. More than 760 Bank employees also collected and donated Cdn$6,800 to help this charity prevent harm to vulnerable youth.
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More than 600 Scotiabank employees in Puerto Rico volunteered their time to raise awareness for the need to improve the public education system. As part of the Puerto Rico Quiere A campaign by the PR Community Foundation, employees raised $4,000 through t-shirt sales and collected over 20,000 signatures, to urge officials to align the national educational standards to match those in countries with leading school systems.
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And in Costa Rica, as part of our relationship with La Fundación Samuel, Scotiabank is providing scholarships and donated computer equipment to help underprivileged youth develop practical trades skills and employment opportunities.
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Employees in the Dominican Republic raised funds in a local charity bowling tournament for the Voluntariado Jesús con los Niños, a non-profit organization that works with the Dr. Arturo Grullón Children’s Hospital to prevent and treat children’s burns and treat children suffering from Cancer.
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