Saturday, 10 May 2014 00:00
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Lanka Aluminium PLC – Sri Lanka’s premier manufacturer of aluminium extrusions together with the Rotary Club of Colombo – through their unique humanitarian/Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) program ‘Gift of Life’ gave the gift of life to the 16th child suffering from chronic heart disease to travel to India together with her parents for heart surgery at no cost. This humanitarian initiative was launched in 2008 and up-to date, 15 children have been successfully treated and cured.
In Sri Lanka, 15-20% of infant mortality is due to chronic heart disease. Almost 40% of the children affected are very serious and cannot be cured unless treated surgically on time. The condition of the children born with heart defects deteriorates with time, and they sadly succumb to death.
Seeing and understanding the plight of these children and their fate, Lanka Aluminium PLC came forward with a magnanimous gesture to help save the lives of these children bringing hope to the parents as well as the affected children. With the Gift of Life initiative, Lanka Aluminium PLC bears the cost as well as makes all arrangements pertaining to the journey including preparing the child and parents for an overseas visit. Hospital charges relating to the surgery is funded by Rotary International.
Recipients of the Gift of Life initiative are selected under the guidance of renowned cardiologist Dr. P.N. Thenabadu. The children selected are those who come from underprivileged backgrounds and who are in a desperate situation with no recourse to assistance and at a critical stage of the illness.
The Gift of Life program is executed together with Rotary International at the renowned Escorts Heart Institute and Research Centre in New Delhi. The initiator of the Gift of Life Program – Lanka Aluminium Managing Director Dinal Peiris said that the program couldn’t have been possible without the support of the Rotary Club of Colombo of which he has been a member for 15 years. “The program is also possible because of committed Rotarians such as Dr. Krishna and Dr. S. Iyer and his team of surgeons who perform the surgeries free of cost,” he further added.
Lanka Aluminium will continue this unique endeavour as the company believes in giving back something to the society.
Lanka Aluminium PLC is a public quoted company established in 1986, and is Sri Lanka’s premier manufacturer of aluminium extrusions which are used in the finest high-rise buildings. As the leader, Lanka Aluminium has a vision of setting high standards in the industry to take it to the next level. It is a member of the highly diversified Group which has a varied portfolio of manufacturing businesses including a system design facility, which enables them to tailor-make systems to suit varied customer requirements, fabricating and installing systems in high-rise buildings with their own proprietary designs hitherto not offered in the local market.
