August 2013 - Global Volunteer Award nomination closed

The nomination for the Global Volunteer Award is closed – 200 projects across the globe have been nominated over the past weeks and will now compete for DB employee votes from Monday, 26. August to Thursday, 5. September. 

We encourage all readers to vote for our project and secure the donation that has been offered to the winner of the competition!

If you are not a DB employee, we still appreciate your support: Raise the attention of any DB employee you know to cast a vote on the project - each vote brings us closer to winning the award and improving the quality of education for the students at MMU!

Thanks for your attention and support – we will keep you up to date.

August 2013 - the next BBDF generation

Summertime and semester break for 'our' BBDF students. Which does not mean they have been passing idle time away from the university, but actively engaged with the various internship opportunities that have opened up in the context of our initiative with the local banks.

I am delighted to hear that Centenary Bank accepted 5 students for internships, further opportunities were offered by Bank of Uganda, Crane Bank, Stanbic and Eco Bank. Each position offered great opportunities for the students and the University, and everyone now looks forward to continuing this co-operation.

The new (and for some of the students the last) semester will kick off in the next weeks and they are already eagerly expecting their results from the exams that were taken before they left. Also the student working groups are planned to be followed up, so I look forward to hearing on the progress that is being made.

Stay tuned - the DB Volunteer Award will kick off at the end of August, and we will keep you up to date on the results!