A small primary school in the Galle District has received a new classroom, its first new building in 89 years, with the support of Ceylinco Life.
Sri Lanka’s life insurance leader donated Rs 1.6 million towards the material costs to construct a classroom for the Bogaha Kanishta Vidyalaya in Elpitiya, a school that has not seen any building construction since 1935.
Coincidentally, this was the 88th classroom building built by Ceylinco Life under a long-running corporate social responsibility initiative that has benefitted schools across Sri Lanka.
The new building will be used by 40 students of Grade 3, who had previously had their classes outdoors or in the dilapidated school hall due to the non-availability of a building. The Bogaha Kanishta Vidyalaya has a student population of 195.
Every classroom built by Ceylinco Life over the years continues to be monitored and maintained by the Company to ensure it serves many generations of students.
Thanking Ceylinco Life for its generosity, the Principal of the school Mrs.D.N.Warapitiya said it had maintained the quality of education despite the challenges, enabling students to achieve commendable results. “As the Principal, I am thrilled that these young students now have a classroom of their own, where they can continue their studies without interruptions, thanks to Ceylinco Life,” she said.
Commencing with a classroom built for the Tissa Primary School in Lunugamvehera in 2004, Ceylinco Life’s schools infrastructure project has traversed the length and breadth of Sri Lanka, assisting schools in diverse locations such as Jaffna, Vavuniya, Trincomalee, Muttur, Batticaloa, Sittandy, Mollipatana, Ayithyamalai, Embilipitiya, Nivithigala, Beligala, Avissawella, Deniyaya, Kamburupitiya, Bandarawela, Haputale, Rambukkana, Kandy, Pilimatalawa, Madulkele, Rikillagaskada, Rajawella, Matale, Galgamuwa, Padaviya, Boraluwewa, Anuradhapura, Moneragala, Anamaduwa, Matugama, Kilinochchi, Mannar, Wellawaya, Talawa, Chilaw, Galagedara, Rathkarawwa, Hatton, Badulla, Nuwara Eliya, Welimada, Puttalam, Polonnaruwa, Elpitiya, Kegalle, Sevanagala, Horana and Balangoda.
Adjudged Sri Lanka’s Brand of the Year for the second successive year in 2023, Ceylinco Life was also named one of the 10 Most Admired Companies in Sri Lanka in 2023 by the International Chamber of Commerce Sri Lanka (ICCSL) and the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) and was ranked the ‘Most Valuable Insurance Brand in Sri Lanka’ across both life and general insurance categories in 2023 by Brand Finance.
Ceylinco Life has been the country’s leading life insurer for 20 of the 36 years it has been in existence and provides innovative life insurance solutions which offer protection while de-risking the goals and ambitions of the Company’s policyholders.
