Lumiere extends helping hand to segment of community neglected by society
Saturday, 17 August 2013 00:00
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Lumiere, a trendsetter in knitted fabric manufacturing in Sri Lanka, has come forward to offer employment opportunities to three young differently-abled youth. This segment of people, generally known as ‘differently abled’, is conceived as a burden to society unfortunately due to no fault of theirs. Born with certain deficiencies, these individuals have very few avenues and openings to advance in life.
Currently, such individuals are looked after by their parents until their adulthood or are left in the care of a home run either by the Government or philanthropists on donations meant for such destitute or orphaned children and adults.
Lumiere, aware of the unfortunate destiny of these people who have done no harm to the society, came forward to give them the opportunity to training initially and then be employed at its mill situated at BEPZ. Lumiere is proud that at 6% of its workforce now consist of youth from this uncared but deserving segment of society and a further 4% will be undergoing training at any given time at its facility. It is a great and perhaps unparalleled CSR initiative in the corporate sector today.
Lumiere has already set a number of firsts in the industry through its novel initiatives in fabric production. It is commendable that the company has now embarked on a new initiative in the area of corporate social responsibility as well.
