LOLC aims at child development and empowerment through CSR project
View(s):The LOLC Group, through its strategic Corporate Social Responsibility initiative, LOLC CARE, has successfully completed its inaugural CSR project aimed at child development and empowerment.
Under LOLC CARE, the group constructed a children’s home and provided assistance to an existing home managed by the National Council for Child and Youth Welfare (NCCYW), it said in a media release.
Both homes, “Madiwela Special Education and Home for Boys” and “LOLC CARE Child Development Centre” are located at Madiwela, Nugegoda and are occupied by developmentally challenged males and orphaned boys.
“LOLC CARE Child Development Centre”, the newly constructed two storied home, was ceremonially opened on January 8 by LOLC Group Directors — Ms. Rohini Nanayakkara – Chairperson, Ishara Nanayakkara – Deputy Chairman, Kapila Jayawardena – Group Managing Director/CEO, Ms. Kalsha Amarasinghe – Executive Director and Sujith Perera, President of NCCYW. Senior
Speaking about this project, LOLC Group Managing Director/CEO, Mr. Jayawardena said, “During the first phase of our inaugural project under LOLC CARE, we partnered with the NCCYW to provide financial assistance to renovate and maintain one of their existing homes, namely, the ‘Madiwela Special Education School and Home for Boys’. This home is dedicated to looking after 34 developmentally challenged boys and adults, and we managed to increase the capacity of the home to accommodate six more occupants. During the second phase of the project, we constructed a fully-fledged home in the adjoining land to house and educate 50 young, orphaned boys”.
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