{"id":4620,"date":"2023-05-30T07:46:28","date_gmt":"2023-05-30T07:46:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nbs.mw\/test\/?p=4620"},"modified":"2023-05-30T07:52:01","modified_gmt":"2023-05-30T07:52:01","slug":"nbs-bank-boosts-marys-meals-feeding-program-with-k20-million","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nbs.mw\/test\/nbs-bank-boosts-marys-meals-feeding-program-with-k20-million\/","title":{"rendered":"NBS Bank boosts Mary\u2019s Meals\u2019 feeding program with K20 million"},"content":{"rendered":"

NBS Bank Plc has committed K20 million towards Mary\u2019s Meals school feeding programme for the next four years.<\/p>\n

Making a symbolic cheque handover at Mlambalala Primary School in Blantyre on Friday, the Bank\u2019s Chief Operating Officer Shadrick Chikusilo, said as a long-standing bank that has been on the market for over 50 years, they understand that the mantle to develop any nation is passed on from one generation to the next and therefore needed to support and nurture the youth\u2019s talent by providing the right products and services.<\/p>\n

\"Chikusilo
Chikusilo (middle) handing over cheque to Chipeta-Khonje as pupils look on<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cWe are passionate about youth development and the need to nurture young talent as they hold keys to Malawi\u2019s future success. We strive to provide the right products and services that also speak to the sustainability of our society in efforts to inspire young minds and achieve their goals,\u201d said Chikusilo.<\/p>\n

He added that the Bank is also contemplating an increase in the future support after appreciating the commendable works Mary\u2019s Meals is doing in schools across Malawi.<\/p>\n

\"Chikusilo
Chikusilo (right) and Chipeta-Khonje serve porridge to pupils at Mlambalala Primary School as Ng\u2019ombe-Longwe looks<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Mary\u2019s Meals Country Director, Angela Chipeta-Khonje hailed NBS Bank for the support which she said will feed at least a thousand children in a whole school year.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis donation will take us a long way to still keep the promise to the 1.1 million children that we feed in the country. Our plan is to make sure that the school feeding program reaches many children in the country,\u201d said Khonje.<\/p>\n

Khonje also indicated that one of the main challenges with the school feeding program is the increase in prices of corn soya blend by 50%.<\/p>\n

Blantyre Urban Primary Schools Improvement Desk Officer, Prisca Mumbe, also commended NBS Bank for the gesture saying the Mary\u2019s Meals school feeding program has helped to improve the pupils\u2019 performance and attendance in the district.<\/p>\n

\"Pupils
Pupils enjoy their meal at Mlambalala Primary School<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cWe appreciate the help from NBS Bank because Mary\u2019s Meals will continue to give our children porridge which is helping our learners\u2019 performance, their punctuality and health as we no longer have malnourished children,\u201d said Mumbe.<\/p>\n

Mary\u2019s Meals is currently operating in 24 districts in the country.<\/p>\n

Source: https:\/\/www.malawivoice.com\/2023\/05\/29\/nbs-bank-boosts-marys-meals-feeding-program-with-k20-million<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

NBS Bank Plc has committed K20 million towards Mary\u2019s Meals school feeding programme for the next four years. Making a symbolic cheque handover at Mlambalala Primary School in Blantyre on Friday, the Bank\u2019s Chief Operating Officer Shadrick Chikusilo, said as a long-standing bank that has been on the market for over 50 years, they understand<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4626,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[122],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4620","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-21 18:44:23","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nbs.mw\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4620","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nbs.mw\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nbs.mw\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nbs.mw\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nbs.mw\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4620"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/nbs.mw\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4620\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4628,"href":"https:\/\/nbs.mw\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4620\/revisions\/4628"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nbs.mw\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4626"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nbs.mw\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4620"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nbs.mw\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4620"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nbs.mw\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4620"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}