Leader of the proximity banking services, the Bank is convinced that this position implies more accountability towards the collectivities and the local communities where it is setting up its branches.

Traditionally, this accountability has been geared towards groups undergoing hardships or social infrastructures, the artistic and cultural promotion, sports and training development.

In humanitarian and charitable field, the Bank has kept close to the populations undergoing hardships, through its assistance in cash or in goods, and has maintained its material support to targeted local collectivities in order to meet their school or sanitary needs.

In the field of arts and culture, INTERBANK BURUNDI has continued enriching its collection of artistic objects by acquiring new sculptures in wood made by Burundian artists.

In the same artistic registry, always anxious to promote unknown talents, it has ordered realistic painting works from a young burundian artist, Léonard Minani, whose know-how made of him a real hope for the Burundi art.

Concerning the development of Sports, the Bank has pursued its traditional support to golf, tennis and athletic competitions by contributing to the success of tournaments of “Golf Bujumbura Invitational” and “Tennis Regional” held in Bujumbura respectively in May and July 2002.

In addition, it has successfully organised the challenge INTERBANK GOLF TROPHY, edition 2002 in December 2002.

Concerning training, INTERBANK BURUNDI continued to train young trainees ending school curricula and further check their job empowerment and thus contribute to their integration in the social-professional life.