CIBC FirstCaribbean International Bank is providing financial support for conservation projects in three Caribbean countries:
Three Caribbean islands will get a new year’s gift from CIBC FirstCaribbean in the form of support for endangered environmental projects in their different island communities.
Through a partnership with Seacology, the only Non Governmental Organisation (NGO) in the world whose sole focus is on preserving island ecosystems, CIBC FirstCaribbean will assist the islands of Grenada, St. Kitts and San Salvador in the Bahamas in preserving their ecosystems and wildlife by protecting critical mangrove forests, nesting beaches of sea turtles and endangered iguanas in these three countries respectively.
The first cheque was handed over by the Executive Chairman of CIBC FirstCaribbean International Bank and Chairman of the Bank’s charitable foundation, Mr. Michael Mansoor to the Executive Director of Seacology, Mr. Duane Silverstein at a short ceremony at the Bank, when the California based Seacology Director visited Barbados. The total grant of US$63,000 over a 3 year period will be disbursed in three tranches and will fully fund the environmental programmes and extend some much needed protection to the Caribbean’s wildlife and people as the projects will be self sustaining and will involve members of the various island communities.
“CIBC FirstCaribbean Bank is concerned about our customers as well as the sustainability of the island environment in which we live. These projects have the potential of not only sustaining the environment but also the livelihoods of many Caribbean people and we are happy to be a part of it” stated Mr. Mansoor.
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