Berendina presents computers to Children's homes
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Computer Instructor Naresh Mylvaganam makes a presentation. |
Berendina Development Services (BDS) presented two computers to the
Salvation Army Children's Homes in Rajagiriya and Dehiwala recently.
Over 70 children ranging from 5-17 residing at these homes are
expected to benefit.
Ms. Suranthi Boange of Berendina said that 'Berendina' was named
after its original benefactress Mrs. Berendina Borst and launched work
on a small scale in Garagoda, Yatiyanthota in 1982.
Today, the Berendina group consists of four companies - Berendina
Development Services, Berendina Microfinance Institute, Berendina
Employment Centre and Berendina Micro Investments Company and is active
in over 10 districts.
The four companies are involved in a diverse range of poverty
alleviation activities ranging from direct social work to assist needy
families and people to provision of microfinance and enterprise
development services to help improve the living standards of the rural
poor. Berendina also links underprivileged rural and plantation youth
with job opportunities and provides vocational training scholarships to
such youth.
Assistance to children's, elder's and differently-abled homes was
also an important aspect of Berendina's social welfare program and in
2014 over Rs. 3.7 million was provided to such homes across Sri Lanka,
said Ms. Boange. |
