CBL provides infrastructure facilities to rural communities

Ceylon Biscuits Limited (CBL) recently completed six community projects under the Munchee Samaga Gamata Sarana infrastructure development initiative. Accoriding to a CBL spokesman, the company has completed nearly 100 CSR projects throughout the island that directly benefited 83,765 people last year.

Recent projects include a community centre in Deniyana which benefited 2,800 families, two schools in Morawaka and Badulla were provided with safe drinking water which benefited 650 students, Kekirawa Nelliyagama Central received a new school stage to hold school concerts and assemblies, a state-of-the-art science lab was built at Pagaragammana Muslim Vidyalaya in Mahiyanganaya and Deegawapiya Sinhala Maha Vidyalaya received a modern school library. Munchee Samaga Gamata Sarana infrastructure development project addresses the community needs of rural Sri Lanka and works with the direct beneficiaries of the project.

Under this initiative, Munchee has provided drinking water to communities that lacked safe drinking water.

Munchee has also been instrumental in constructing roads, bridges and community centres for those who were inconvenienced by the lack of basic infrastructure facilities.

Munchee has provided study centres, libraries, computer and science laboratories which contributes to the intellectual development of the next generation through the Gamata Sarana program.

"We are a company that contributes towards the community because we believe business is not only about profit but also helping our community grow," said Group Director and Head of Marketing and

Sales, Nandana Wickramage. "Fort two percent of our projects have been school-based and 29% were to provide clean drinking water. These may seem like simple things but they make a world of difference to the people in the communities we help," he said. CBL's field sales staff of around 500, regularly interact with local community leaders to identify potential projects.

After careful consideration five projects are chosen each month for execution. CBL works together with many rural communities throughout Sri Lanka. As aresponsible business entity, it believes in sharing its growth and giving back to the communities through CSR initiatives that cater to the welfare of the most needy.

Helping the sustainable growth of these communities is a duty that CBL takes seriously. CBL strives to go beyond the norm to make a positive impact on society.