CSR

Peer counselling - Sisu Dirimaga initiative

Fashion Bug, marked yet another milestone in their CSR initiative Sisu Dirimaga when they organized the first Peer Counselling programme for selected students. The program was conducted in partnership with the Kandy Zonal Education Office and was held at the Sri Siddhartha Vidyalaya Ampitiya Kandy.

A hundred Advanced Level Students from 10 schools were selected and trained as Peer Counsellors who would assist students in need of counselling services together with the teacher in charge.

This program will be conducted in all districts with the guidance of the Ministry of Education. The objective is to train more than 2,500 peer counsellors within the network to enable students to resolve day-to- day issues. A career development program on Future Planning aned Goal Setting, was also held at St. Paul's Girls School Milagiriya with the participation over 350 students of the school.

This event too was sponsored by Fashion Bug (pvt) Ltd under the Sisu Dirimaga foundation.

The drinking water project that was completed at the Ovitigamuwa Maha Vidyalaya The All Island Career Guidance programmes, the Roo Siththam [all island art competition] programme and the Purudu Wenna[environment] programme, under the Sisu Dirimaga Foundation are some of the education CSR initiatives undertaken by the Company .

The Kalubowila Hospital, Maharagama Cancer Hospital, and an environmental project, namely Thuru Sahasak are all projects undertaken by Fashion Bug.