Bank Windhoek has invested N$12 million in social responsibility projects during the past financial year.
The funding is focused on health, education, food security, and sustainable development, areas that continue to impact thousands of lives across the country.
From the total amount, N$10 million went through the Capricorn Foundation, while an additional N$2 million was invested directly in initiatives such as the Bank Windhoek Cancer Apple Project, the Employee Empathy Project, a Mathematics Training Workshop, and the School Feeding Scheme.
One of the most important projects is the Bank Windhoek Cancer Apple Project, which has grown into one of the country’s most impactful fundraising efforts.
Over 25 years, the initiative has raised N$38.4 million for the Cancer Association of Namibia.
In 2025 alone, N$2.5 million was raised, allowing more than 2 200 women to be screened during the national cancer outreach programme, 331 men to undergo rapid prostate-specific antigen (PSA) tests, and 1 700 patients to receive free accommodation during treatment.
Additional support was extended to 372 patients from previous years.
Bank Windhoek managing director James Chapman says the bank aligns its social value projects with Namibia’s development priorities and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
“Guided by our core values of being open, dedicated, and inspired, we will continue to play a vital role in shaping Namibia’s social and economic landscape. We believe organisations should drive economic progress and contribute meaningfully to society,” he says.
Bank Windhoek has also shown support for education through the Mathematics Training Workshop, introduced to strengthen teaching capacity in response to national performance trends.
In partnership with the Ministry of Education, Innovation, Youth, Sport, Arts and Culture and the Africa Leadership Institute, the workshop brought together 160 grade 8 and 9 mathematics teachers from 14 regions, including from the Kavango East, Kavango West, Zambezi, Ohangwena, and Omusati regions.
The training focused on subject knowledge, assessment techniques, and pupil engagement strategies, benefiting about 7 000 pupils nationwide.
Teachers also received financial literacy training to enhance life skills beyond the classroom.
To help fight food insecurity, the School Feeding Scheme was launched in 2023 in partnership with Imago Dei.
It started by feeding 1 600 primary schoolchildren from underprivileged communities and has since grown to reach more than 2 000 pupils every week in 2025.
The project plays an important role in ensuring children are not only nourished, but also able to concentrate and perform better at school.
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