Orange Electric supports visually handicapped

Orange Electric, the fully Sri Lankan owned manufacturer and largest exporter of electrical accessories launched their Corporate Social Responsibility Project, "Light for you, sight for me" of eradicating adult onset vision deficiencies by supporting the Sri Lanka Federation of the Visually Handicapped.

"As a company which provides lighting we find ourselves responsible to provide light to all, not only for those born with natural good sight.

This is our purpose of sponsoring the work of the Sri Lanka Federation of the Visually Handicapped" said Rahman Zubair, General Manager, Orange Electric Retail Lighting Division, who initiated this project." He said, "beginning this July, every time you buy an Orange Electric bulb we will give Re 1 from every CFL bulb and 10cts from every GLS bulb sold by us in Sri Lanka to the Federation of the Visually Handicapped to provide cataract lenses and other ongoing medication for the blind". This project will help prevent total vision loss before it becomes irreparable for many Sri Lankans.

Dr. Wickrema Weerasooria, Advisor to the Federation of the Visually Handicapped said, "For the visually handicapped there is only their own personal determination which helps them. As Einstein said "The blind cannot see, so they do not know to whom to reach out to. It is for those with vision to reach out and help them." The Federation gets only Rs. 25,000, per annum from the government for their work. They need almost Rs. 2 million to carry out their ongoing projects.

Dr. Weerasooria said, "This initiative by Orange Electric will be of immense help to the Federation to carry on their work.

We the citizens of this country must appreciate the thoughtfulness of Orange Electric for this very generous support to the blind. I am sure many persons will benefit from this gesture and my vision is for Sri Lanka to be a cataract onset blindness free country in this decade."