Another successful Shake-a-Can for Buy-a-Brick

As part of its national Buy-a-Brick Day on 16 March, Standard Bank Namibia employees mobilised themselves to raise awareness and increase funding through the Buy-a-Brick Shake-a-Can initiative at various intersections throughout the country between 06:00 and 08:00. Buy-a-Brick is a Standard Bank Namibia corporate social investment initiative in partnership with the Shack Dwellers’ Federation of Namibia, which aims to deal with the housing problem amongst no- and low-income households by mobilising individuals and corporates to contribute towards this initiative so that houses can be built for these people. “Ever since the Buy-a-Brick initiative was launched in 2015, Standard Bank has handed over N$1.4 million to build over 40 new houses in the town of Rehoboth for the members of the Shack Dwellers Federation. Additionally, another N$2 million was raised to build new houses in the towns of Otjinene, Berseba and some informal settlements of Windhoek,” said Standard Bank Namibia’s chief executive Vetumbuavi Mungunda. The public can to donate to Buy-a-Brick by downloading the newly launched PayPulse App or make their deposit at any Standard Bank Namibia branch countrywide. Photo Contributed