Holcim Lanka educates children on waste management
Holcim Lanka, a member of the LafargeHolcim Group, recently shared its waste
management expertise through a series of programs involving schools in the
Puttalam district.
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From left: Chalana Amanda, CSR Coordinator – Holcim Lanka,
Fr. B.K. Viraj Eranga Rodrigo, Francis Fernando, Principal –
St Andrews College, Charlotte Boutboul, CSR Manager of
Holcim Lanka, Udara Rathnayake, Sustainable Development
officer of Holcim Lanka, Susantha Saparamadu, General
Manager,
Promotions, MTV and Janaka Uyangoda, Bio-mass coordinator,
Geocycle at the waste management awareness campaign. |
The program targeted over 500 schoolchildren in the area including students
attending St. Andrew’s College, Medananda Vidyalaya, Kalladiya Sinhala Vidyalaya,
Palavi Sinhala Vidyalaya and Palavi Muslim Vidyalaya.
The initial campaign was launched recently at St. Andrew’s College.
The Holcim Lanka campaign is aligned with its policy of taking its expertise and
experience in waste management through recycling operations for environmental
sustainability to the grass roots to make a greater and more focused impact on
society.
Waste bins were provided to the schools along with informative signboards on how
to minimize waste. Posters on changing student behaviour and preventing them
from throwing garbage negligibly were also distributed and displayed.
“As a socially responsible organization, Holcim Lanka continues to launch
initiatives that are relevant for the development of our community. Our latest
programme with the Puttalam Schools aims to raise awareness about the importance
of protecting the environment through proper waste Management,” said Farzana
Khan, Head of Sustainable Development, Communications and External Affairs of
Holcim Lanka.
“We have reached out to children as we believe enlightening them will result in
the creation of a whole new generation of socially and environmentally concerned
citizens,” she said. |
