Sri Lanka Insurance a pioneering partner for ‘Abimansala’

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Sri Lanka Insurance officials stated that they are proud to be a part of the most noble project in the country today, the building of ‘Abimansala,’ a series of care homes for the disabled war heroes of our country.

‘Abimansala’, a truly heart-warming project, laid its inaugural foundation on the banks of the Nuwara Wewa tank in Anuradhapura as a wellness resort for dependent war heroes and is now home to 52 dependent war heroes.

‘Abimansala-2’ was built in the South at Wilpitawatta, Udumulla under the Athuraliya Divisional Secretariat, providing life-long care to 48 war heroes in the South. The next in the series is Abimansala-3 scheduled to be set up in Kurunegala and Abhimansala-4 in the Northern Province.

The Abimansala project is a brainchild of President Mahinda Rajapaksa who in his ‘Mahinda Chinthanaya’ had envisaged the establishment of separate protective homes for all differently able soldiers throughout their life span. The project is spearheaded and guided by the Secretary of Defence and Urban Development Gotabaya Rajapaksa and the construction is carried out by Sri Lanka Army.

The centre provides round the clock care to the inmates. It is equipped with state-of-the-art services including medical laboratories, traditional herbal treatment facility, auditorium, sports facilities, entertainment and library facilities and also hydrotherapy and physiotherapy facilities.

The war heroes are given the best medical and personal care for life. The centre is also equipped with a swimming pool, gymnasium, physiotherapy unit, medical wing, medical laboratory, library, indoor stadium, entertainment hall, dining hall and an auditorium.

It is touching to see the inmates gradually regain and improve on their lost skills under the careful guidance of teachers cum therapists. Memories have long left these heroes. It is remarkable to note the extreme love, passion and care that have gone in to developing the Abimansala project.

Sri Lanka Insurance, the nation’s insurance giant holds this project close to heart and it denotes the truly corporate social responsible culture it always develops and embraces within the company. SLI has an asset base of Rs. 109 billion and a strong capitalisation of Rs. 6 billion.