CDH Investment Bank, which is celebrating 10 years of its existence, donated K3.5 million to Beit Cure International Hospital in Blantyre towards the promotion of free community health among children. The donation, presented on Wednesday during the celebration of 20 years of partnership between the Beit Trust and Cure Hospital, where there was also a handover ceremony of surgical equipment donated by the Beit Trust to Beit Cure.

In its efforts to boost access to blood transfusions for hard-to-reach areas across the country, Malawi Blood Transfusion Services (MBTS) is on a drive to place blood bank fridges in district hospitals that have several other health centres surrounding it.

To meet its target, MBTS is engaging the private sector for funding contributions, which CDH Investment Bank has responded to by donating K2 million which will go towards the purchase of a blood bank fridge earmarked for Mangochi, whose outreach stations are Monkey Bay Health Centre and Mulibwanji Mission Hospital.

CDHIB’s Capital City Banking Centre Manager, Mrs Jennie Madinga (left), presenting the donation

CDH Investment Bank donated K2 million to Malawi Red Cross Society to support people who were affected by Tropical Storm Ana. Presenting the donation, CDHIB’s Capital City Banking Centre Manager, Mrs Jennie Madinga, said that it was disheartening to see the devastation that the cyclone caused, including loss of life and property and loss of livelihood, in the affected districts of Chikwawa, Nsanje, Mulanje and Phalombe. Receiving the donation, Red Cross Society’s Director of Programs, Ms Prisca Chisala said that the support would go a long way towards providing the affected people with everyday basic needs such as food.

CDH Investment Bank on Wednesday 24^th February 2021 donated various essential medical equipment and supplies worth K27.8 million to the Society of Medical Doctors in Malawi (SMD) to assist in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. The items donated include oxygen cylinders, oxygen flowmeters and regulators, pulse oximeters and other equipment and materials. The donation is in line with the bank’s pillar to give back and support the community through social initiatives that make impact.  

CDH Investment Bank has donated K4 million to the Kamuzu College of Nursing (KCN), a constituent college of the University of Malawi. The donation was made to support students access online learning equipment, including internet dongles, tables and computers. The equipment will allow nursing students to attend classes remotely as the college enforces social distance learning methods during the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic period. 

CDH Investment Bank has donated K3.5 million to Beit Cure International Hospital, in Blantyre. The donation was made in order to support the hospital sustain charitable paediatric surgeries which it carries out to children at the hospital. Making the donation, CDH Investment Bank’s Chief Treasury Officer, Mr Paul Nyachiwowa expressed the bank’s appreciation to the hospital for the great work they do in supporting children with disabilities. “we are touched by your great spirit of service especially towards children and we have been compelled to support you”. He said that during this time, when the world is battling the negative effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, we hear that operations at the Beit Cure International Hospital have been negatively affected.

CDH Investment Bank has donated K7 million to the University of Malawi, The Polytechnic to assist the University in the production of COVID-19 Personal Protective Equipment (PPE). The bank partnered with The Polytechnic as one way of promoting local talent and to encourage the innovation that is being done by students at the university in coming up with technological interventions to help in the fight against COVID-19.

 

CDH Investment Bank has donated face masks and essential Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) worth K7 million to the Society of Medical Doctors (SMD) to assist in the fight against COVID-19. The donated items which also include face shields and hand sanitizers were produced by the University of Malawi, The Polytechnic.