Needy people in around RCGC in luck's way

by Ranjan Anandappa

GOLF: The American Chamber of Commerce in Sri Lanka (AMCHAM) along with the NDB Bank and Airtel will launch on a worthwhile project in conducting a Golf Tournament on August 25 with the collaboration of the Royal Colombo Golf Club to raise funds for the needy people in the vicinity of the RCGC .

This tournament is exclusively a charitable event and a part of the proceeds of the tournament will be utilised for the needs of the underprivileged of the society. During the past three years (AMCHAM) along with the RCGC and NDB have provided the needy people in the area with school bags,school books, uniform materials, scholarships for exceptionally talented students who have performed well at exams to meet their future educational expenses.

A part of the revenue from the tournament will also go to the welfare of the caddies/course workers staff of the RCGC.

Around 250 amateur golfers, local and expatriates are expected to take part in this popular tournament. The National Development Bank (NDB) are the platinum sponsors while Airtel join hands as Gold sponsors.

In the last two tournaments about 111 and 123 children respectively benefited immensely from this annual tournament.In a press briefing held with regard to the tournament at the RCGC, the president of (AMCHAM) Sri Lanka, Vijaya Ratnayake said that the event is a multi-faceted one because charity, networking, fellowship and sports are all combined in one event.

Golf is being played from early hours in the morning to dusk then fellowship and in the evening there will be the award ceremony.

For the past ten years, AMCHAM with the support of the sponsors have always been contributing to the Jaipur Limb Foundation, Castle Street Maternity Hospital and the Cancer Hospital and to registered Orphanages. However, as a result of the partnership between RCGC and AMCHAM for the past two years we have concentrated more on the educational needs of the underprivileged children of the caddie staff and those who live in the vicinity.

This year too, we will continue to do the same because we all get the personal satisfaction of helping the community that serve us and our deserving neighbours in the true sense of the saying 'charity begins at home'. he said.

Priath Fernando, Captain of the RCGC, Primal Wijayanayake, Chairman, Organising Committee, Raj Aboobucker Vice President, SME and Retail Banking, NDB. Suren de Chikera, Head of Brand Marketing and Communication also spoke.