Cinnamon Lakeside hospitality for Dedunu Children’s Home

The Kitchen Stewarding team at Cinnamon Lakeside Colombo visited the Dedunu Children’s Home in Matugama, south of Kalutara, on a CSR initiative recently.

The home was opened in January 2005 under Project Whitehouse Sri Lanka and now cares for 30 children aged one to 15.

The children are provided with education, drinking water, medical attention and other basic necessities.

Whilst it operates primarily on funds raised in Germany, the team was eager to pool their resources towards brightening at least a day in the children’s lives.

Through personal contributions by the entire Kitchen Stewarding team, food, bed sheets, slippers, towels, books and toys where purchased and taken to the home by 15 team members.  The team prepared lunch for the children on the premises before inviting them to feast.  Gifts were presented and donations made to the children’s library in support of their education.

Asoka Wedasinghe, Stewarding Manager at Cinnamon Lakeside Colombo, had this to say about the initiative: “Working on this project brought as much joy to the team as it did the children we were helping.  The whole project, from collecting funds to cooking and serving the children brought the team closer to each other.”

The team looks forward to pursuing similar initiatives in the near future.