Picture shows one of the recipients, P. P. Karunawathi of Moragallagama, Kurunegala. |
More than 2000 families living in the Anuradhapura and Kurunegala districts now have access to safer drinking water, with the completion of a collaborative community outreach project by the Brandix Group and Deutsche Bank Sri Lanka, according to a statement by Brandix.
These families have received special water filters designed to remove pathogens and harmful minerals such as fluoride from their drinking water, under a Rs 4 million project funded by these corporate entities. “We are glad to have partnered Brandix in support of this worthy cause of providing the villages in our country with safe drinking water,” said Rohan Rodrigo, Deutsche Bank’s Chief Country Officer in Sri Lanka.
Implemented under the Community Water Supply & Sanitation Project (CWSSP) of the Ministry of Urban Development and Sacred Area Development, the project involved the distribution of 2,000 filters in selected areas vulnerable to water-borne diseases and training recipients on the correct usage and maintenance procedures of the filters.
Anusha Alles, Head of CSR at Brandix said the concept for the community project was inspired by the Brandix Group’s focus on CSR initiatives conducted under the theme ‘Water is Life’. “The Brandix-Deutsche Bank Water Purification Project directly benefitted families carefully chosen on the basis of their exposure to water-borne diseases,” she said.
Contaminated drinking water has been scientifically linked to the high incidence in Sri Lanka’s North Central Province of Dental Fluorosis, Chronic Renal Failure and other health hazards. Research carried out by several agencies including the Water Resources Board, has revealed that one in every 10 people living in the NCP suffers from a kidney disease as a result of drinking water contaminated with heavy metals and agro-chemicals and the use of low quality aluminum containers to store water.
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