The L-Istrina BOV Piggy Bank campaign is well under way. Mr Edgar Preca, accompanied by Ms Carmen Bajada from Bank of Valletta Gozo visited the Primary Schools in Nadur and Xewkija, as well as St Francis School in Victoria, during the distribution of the Istrina piggy banks.

Mr Preca was given a warm welcome in all the three schools. All schools prepared programmes that focused on the spirit of solidarity, and were a showcase of the efforts undertaken by the children and their teachers to make this campaign a show of solidarity. Mr Preca spoke candidly to the children and the teachers. He thanked them for their infectious enthusiasm, "You are the living spirit of this campaign, and your joy gives us the energy to go on with our work throughout the year. With your small contributions, you show others going through difficult times in their lives that they are not fighting alone, but we are all one big community," he said.

Ms Bajada explained how the campaign, now in its twelfth year has evolved from humble origins. "This campaign means a lot to Bank of Valletta. As a Bank with very close ties to the Maltese community, we feel very strongly about our responsibility towards our people, our customers and to the community at large."

She added, "the L-Istrina Piggy Bank has been going round schools for over a decade now, helping children to understand the importance of saving whilst at the same time, encouraging them to be altruistic and give a helping hand to their peers."

Through this campaign, school children participating actively in raising funds to enable the Malta Community Chest Fund to give a helping hand to vulnerable members of society. The success of this campaign is entrusted completely to school children across all Primary and Secondary schools.

During December, all the piggy banks will be collected and a new phase will start. This phase will see volunteers and BOV employees working together to count thousands of coins. The final sum along with a donation from Bank of Valletta will be announced during the live broadcast on the 26th December 2015.

To date, Bank of Valletta has raised over €1 million for L-Istrina through the L-Istrina BOV Piggy Bank campaign alone.

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