‘Manusath Derana’ wins prestigious JASTECA Gold award for CSR

Manusath Derana Project Chairman Mahesh Jayawardena (2nd from left) receives the award from Ambassador for Japan in Sri Lanka Kenichi Suganuma (right) in the presence of (from left): Derana Deputy Chairman Laksiri Wickramage, Derana Chairman Dilith Jayaweera and JASTECA Awards Committee 2015 Chairman Nihal Seneviratne LOOK ON

Derana’s CSR project ‘Manusath Derana’ won the prestigious JASTECA Gold award for Corporate Social Responsibility at the awards ceremony held at Hotel Galadari recently. Ambassador for Japan in Sri Lanka Kenichi Suganuma presented the awards along with JASTECA President Athulla Edirisinghe and JASTECA Awards Committee 2015 Chairman Nihal Seneviratne.

The JASTECA annual awards competition is a flagship program of JASTECA Sri Lanka that identifies the best performers in the country who excel in the practice of 5S, Kaizen and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). 

Further in terms of cultural and management training aspects, the Japanese Language Education Association and the JASTECA Institute of Management that function under the umbrella of JASTECA, continues to serve Sri Lankan society as the two best performing training organisations in the country in Japanese Language education and Japanese Management concepts respectively.  

JASTECA, with financial support extended by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry of Japan in association with HIDA Japan, has trained over 3,750 Sri Lankans in Japan through varied management scholarships as well as by tailor-made training programs fully funded by the Sri Lankan private sector corporates.

Manusath Derana is an initiative undertaken by TV Derana to create awareness and come to the aid of the thousands who are affected by kidney disease in the north central regions of Sri Lanka. Manusath Derana has been involved in many community service activities in Sri Lanka for the past few years by successfully helping the community to identify kidney failures and directing them towards medical aid, to improve their health conditions.

Earlier, TV Derana under its CSR initiative Manusath Derana has successfully launched the second stage of the foster parent scholarship scheme ‘Derane Daruwo’ to raise funds to educate children of families affected by kidney disease in Sri Lanka as well.

Marking the 10th anniversary of Sri Lanka’s premium entertainment channel, the project aims to provide scholarships to students in dire need of financial assistance to pursue education.

Manusath Derana also won a Special Achievement Award at the 2015 International CSR Excellence Awards held in Leicester Square, London.