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Branch collection for shack dwellers almost double last year’s contribution

Branch collection for shack dwellers almost double last year’s contribution

The Shack Dwellers Federation of Namibia received N$70,743 from the staff of the Standard Bank central region branch as part of their annual Christmas gift to the Buy-A-Brick initiative. The donation will enable the Federation to build three additional low cost houses.

Last year, the staff collection for Buy-A-Brick only managed to gather N$40,000.

The staff members presented their donation to Vetumbuavi Mungunda, Chief Executive of Standard Bank Namibia, showing their boss their passion about giving back to the community.


Caption: Vetumbuavi Mungunda,, Chief Executive of Standard Bank Namibia, standing in the middle behind the cheque, accepting the donation from Standard Bank staff on behalf of the Shack Dwellers Federation of Namibia.


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Mandisa Rasmeni has worked as reporter at the Economist for the past five years, first on the entertainment beat but now focussing more on community, social and health reporting. She is a born writer and she believes education is the greatest equalizer. She received her degree in Journalism at the Namibia University of Science and Technology (NUST) in June 2021. . She is the epitome of perseverance, having started as the newspaper's receptionist in 2013.