One of Sri Lanka’s leading non-bank finance sector company, People’s Leasing & Finance PLC was recognized as one of the Ten Best CSR/Sustainability projects, at the Ian Dias Abeysinghe Memorial JASTECA CSR /Sustainability Awards 2020 recently.
The annual awards was presented for the 24th time by the Japan Sri Lanka Technical and Cultural Association aka JASTECA at the Galadari, Colombo.
Ian Dias Abeysinghe Memorial JASTECA CSR /Sustainability Awards recognized People’s Leasing commitment towards uplifting the early childhood education in Sri Lanka. The company invested in this initiative as investment in early years leads to better education, health, social and economic outcomes later on, increasing revenues for the nation and reducing the need for costly social spending.
People’s Leasing spearheaded this initiative guided by the apex institutions specialized in early childhood education and care. Highlights of the key activities included the investment towards improving the indoor and outdoor learning environment of the Early Childhood Development Centres (ECDCs) located isalndwide that are operated with minimal facilities. The centres were identified through the Children’s Secretariat and the development work was monitored through the Early Childhood Development Assistants and the Heads of the Branch network regionally and 121 ECDCs benefitted through this investment. Further, a series of capacity building programmes for the preschool teachers were financially supported by People’s Leasing on activity based lesson planning and application of creativity in early childhood development to promote holistic development of preschoolers. Deputy General Manager Marketing, Laksanda Gunawardena said human capital is a critical part of our nation’s sustainable progress and the quality of human capital can be improved through investment in early childhood education.
Our financial assistance was ably supported by staff members from isalndwide branch network who volunteered their time and skills in successfully implementing these initiatives. People’s Leasing also invests in uplifting school education and entrepreneurship building to contribute towards sustainable development in alignment with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).” he further said. PLC’s responsible and inclusive financial services includes leasing, auto loans, fixed deposits, savings deposits, housing and business loans, gold loans, margin trading, factoring, and Islamic financial services.
