7,600 children receive school-related gifts from Brandix
View(s):Over 7,600 children of Associates of the Brandix family ushered in the new school year on a positive note, receiving gifts of stationery, a school bag each and other school essentials from Brandix, under the company’s employee welfare initiative, ‘Ran Daru Thilina.’
Launched in 2016, ‘Ran Daru Thilina’ benefits children from nursery age to Grade 5, with each receiving a pack containing a school bag, exercise books, drawing books, colouring and standard pencils, rulers, glue, and other essentials, which are required for his or her academic year. The packs of younger children also include modelling clay, scissors and crayons, the company said in a media release.
This year, children of 4,971 Brandix Associates employed at 22 manufacturing locations around Sri Lanka were the beneficiaries of this initiative, which, since its inception, has proven to be a source of relief to the employees. Additionally, Brandix has a scholarship scheme titled ‘Ran Daru Scholarships’, under which financial assistance is extended to Grade 5 children of Associates.
The families that benefitted from the Brandix ‘Ran Daru Thilina’ programme this year are located across the country, in areas that include Batticaloa, Giritale, Polonnaruwa, Nivithigala, Koggala, Rambukkana, Kahawatte, and Pannala, to name a few.
A similar programme is also implemented by Brandix Apparel India, which is located within the Brandix India Apparel City in Andhra Pradesh.