Ambala Junior School receives water after eight decades
View(s):“Water” is one of the most important substances on earth. All plants and animals must have water to survive. If there was no water, there would be no life on earth. Water is an important resource in the daily life of the people even though, Ambala Junior School which provides education to around 230 students from grade one to ordinary level situated in the hill country of the Teldeniya Education Division in Medamahanuwara did not have the basic need of water for the last eight decades.
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- Officially launching the water project
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- Recognition by the school.
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- Dancing activity by the students
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- Addressing by the AAT CEO
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- Welcoming by the principal
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- Few of the students
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- Lighting the oil lamp by the priest
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- The guests
Ambala Junior School is located in a beautiful surrounding through the hill and around 600 meters above sea level, overlooking the Victoria Dam, which crosses the Mahaweli River. The school did not have a permanent water supply from the inception. The former principals who worked there, as well as the surrounding villagers, has helped students and teachers by supplying water to the school at their expense as there was no permanent solution for drinking water. There had been times the school children went home without informing the teachers in order to attend to their sanitary needs etc. The lack of availability in water was a burning issue for the students, teachers and for the parents throughout.
The Association of Accounting Technicians of Sri Lanka (AAT Sri Lanka) got to know the issue of unavailability of water at Ambala Junior School through Facebook and took the initiative to prove a permanent solution for this unfair situation the school was facing. AAT Sri Lanka immediately decided extend the hands of humanity and worked on this project under their corporate social responsibility (CSR)
to implement a permanent solution.