From left: Beverley Lashley, chief executive officer, National Library of Jamaica, shares lens with Yahmin Williams Vaz; Olivia Grange, minister of culture, gender, entertainment and sport; Eintou Springer, a storyteller from Trinidad; Dr Amina Blackwood Meeks, festival founder and organiser; and Sophia Rhoden, business banker, NCB Duke Street, at the annual Ananse Sound Splash Storytelling Conference and Festival, held last month. NCB Foundation contributed $200,000 towards the festival this year, bringing its three years sponsorship to more than $500,000. Since 2015, the foundation has aided the event, which aligns with its mandate to support nation-building through community development and youth empowerment.
