HNB donates books to 200 school libraries under its Nena Pubuduwa program
Saturday, 23 November 2013 00:01
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Hatton National Bank, the premier private sector commercial bank in the country takes pride in continuing to enhance its community development projects.
At a ceremony held on 19 November 2013 the bank donated books worth over Rs. 2.5 million to 200 under privileged schools in the country.
Most of the rural schools lack even the basic facilities. There is, for example, a scarcity of teachers, resulting in poorly developed students. Libraries with a good collection of wide-ranging books will promote self-study and enhance the minds of our children.
Wishing to be part of a project that would provide resources that would touch people’s lives and inspire their imagination, learning and creativity and taking a long term view to aid high literacy HNB launched the ‘Nena Pubuduwa’ school library scheme in 2005.
The Nena Pubuduwa program aims to provide opportunities to underprivileged children in rural schools to enhance knowledge and derive the simple pleasure of exploring the world through books with a special emphasis on stimulating a love of reading and learning in children.
It works to promote international and intercultural understanding and awareness, improve and expand knowledge of English and ICT thus creating opportunities for higher education and employment.
HNB believes in the sustainability of these projects and thus continues to support and facilitate the teaching and learning activities of the school by adding to the collection of books each year and equipping the libraries with computers.
Hatton National Bank was named the ‘Best Retail Bank’ in Sri Lanka by the Asian Banker magazine for the sixth consecutive year and was named the ‘Bank of the Year’ in Sri Lanka for the year 2012 by the UK based banker magazine.
