Hayleys Fabric supports CKD-hit NCP

Hayleys Fabric extended its corporate social responsibility (CSR) program in the Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) affected North Central Province with scholarships to students and purified water to residents in Rathmalgahawewa, Anuradhapura.

The Hayleys Group commissioned the 11th Reverse Osmosis plant to provide purified water to residents in the NCP under Hayleys Puritas Sath Diyawara, a CSR initiative of the Group, a company press release said.

Over 25,000 residents in 16 villages are benefited by the program which provides 110,000 litres of drinking water daily. Hayleys, chose Puritas Sath Diyawara as its flagship CSR project due to the increasing prevalence of CKD in the NCP estimated to have affected around 400,000 residents accounting to around 10 to15% of the population in the province claiming over 22,000 lives.

Hayleys Puritas Sath Diyawara, was launched by Puritas, a subsidiary of the purification sector of Hayleys. The objective of Puritas Sath Diyawara is to combat the rising prevalence of CKD by leveraging the company's expertise in water purification, to prevent further spread of the disease whilst reversing the conditions of the existing patients.