CDB presents ninth IT lab

Citizens Development Business Finance PLC (CDB), presented its ninth IT laboratory under its flagship Pariganaka Piyasa CSR initiative to Laginagala Kanishta Vidyalaya in Moneragala

With Rs 13.2 million invested thus far on this initiative, CDB has presented IT laboratories to disadvantaged schools around the island to ensure that technology is accessible to young people, equipping them with skills and knowledge.

Principal, Laginagala Kanishta Vidyalaya Y. K. A. Nimal Chandrasiri said, "The students of this school now look at new horizons because of this gift. The gift of knowledge is one that cannot be valued or quantified. With CDB presenting this gift of knowledge to our school, it is inevitable that the knowledge they gain through technology will permeate to others around them and eventually to our community."

The state of the art IT laboratory is equipped with HP computers, LCD monitors, printers, stationery, scanners, computer tables, chairs and other vital infrastructure including Internet facilities.

Senior DGM, IT and E-Commerce, Imdaad Naguib said the CDB has a bounden responsibility to empower the people of this country.

"Our brand of CSR is about sustainable empowerment and knowledge permeation is one such initiative. Technology opens the doors to manifold opportunities and these are the portals we want to open to young people," he said.

"When we first mooted Pariganaka Piyasa, the aim was to enhance IT literacy among our rural youth but in the manifestation of this initiative, we found that the benefits are much more. It broadens mindset, presents survival tools and opens career opportunities that may have hitherto not had any potential for these young people," Naguib said.

For CDB, the Pariganaka Piyasa laboratory investments are an on-going sustainability project that is integrated into the entity's core CSR ethos.