People’s Bank celebrates Independence with gifts for children born during the week

People’s Bank Chairman Sujeewa Rajapakse offering a gift to a newborn baby at the Castle Street Hospital, Borella

Commemorating the 72nd National Independence Day, the People’s Bank Head Office and all its branches organised celebrations islandwide.

‘Nidahase Upatha’ (The Birth of Freedom), a program held by People’s Bank every year on Independence Day, was carried out this year as well. Under this concept, People’s Bank has made arrangements to gift an ‘Isuru Udana’ gift certificate worth Rs. 2000 to every baby born in the country between 1 and 7 February.

This program was inaugurated by People’s Bank in 2006 with a vision to instil pride and honour in our motherland, as well as to encourage parents to successfully plan the future with a strong financial foundation of their children. With this gift certificate, parents can open an Isuru Udana Children’s Savings Account for the child at the nearest People’s Bank branch using the amount in the gift certificate and maintain the account thereafter. The specialty of this program is that the staff of People’s Bank visits hospitals and gifts the certificates to the newborns in person. `

The main event of this program was held in the morning on 4 February at the Castle Street Hospital for Women in Borella under the patronage of People’s Bank Chairman Sujeewa Rajapakse and Chief Executive Officer/General Manager Rasitha Gunawardana. Isuru Udana Gift Certificates and other gifts were offered to parents of newborn babies on this occasion. The ceremony was also attended by Castle Street Hospital for Women Director Dr. Pradeep Wijesinghe, together with the hospital staff and the corporate and executive management of People’s Bank. 

In addition to the Castle Street Hospital for Women, the bank had made arrangements to carry out the Birth of Freedom program in hospitals located in Ampara, Anuradhapura, Badulla, Batticaloa, Galle, Gampaha, Hambantota, Jaffna, Kalutara, Kandy, Kegalle, Matale, Monaragala, Nuwara Eliya, Polonnaruwa, Puttalam, Ratnapura, Trincomalee, Vanni and Colombo.