To achieve balance of our economic, environmental, and social practices, in line with our shareholder expectations, Paramount Bank has engaged in voluntary social integration with the Makongeni SDA (Seventh Day Adventist) Church.
The Makongeni SDA Church is located in Makongeni Estate, Jogoo Road (Nairobi, Kenya). The Church has a membership of about 500 people consisting of middle to low-level income members. The leadership includes a Church Pastor and 10 elders who facilitate the day-to-day running of the Church.
The Church has a football team known as Makongeni SDA Football Club, which has 30 football players who are non-Adventists. The church to rehabilitate the Youth who reside around the church created the football club. The football club gives them a sense of belonging and through the programme, the Church can teach them the values and impact their lives positively.
Paramount Bank donated 3 sets of branded uniforms with both the Paramount and Makongeni SDA FC logos. The Bank also donated 2 balls to the team. The programme was carried out around the Christmas period, the Bank provided Christmas hampers to the 30 football team members.
The Paramount Bank hosted a team building activity at Mysa and included a few of the football team members of the Makongeni SDA Football Club. The Bank donated football kits at Mysa. They also held a football tournament where the Paramount Bank Football Club Participated as well as the Makongeni SDA Football Club. After the tournament, the Bank held a dinner at the Mc Frys, Gigiri for the players.
With the on-going Covid-19 pandemic, several members of the church lost their jobs. The Church produced a committee who would facilitate ways to assist the church members. The committee would oversee the process through which the members would be supported. Paramount Bank contributed 50 bales of flour towards the initiative to assist and support the members.