Dialog Telekom Change Trust partners with Varam Sri Lanka
Dialog Telekom and Varam Sri Lanka joined hands recently in a youth
self-employment initiative at Varam Welfare Centres in Hikkaduwa,
Dadella and Galle.
The welfare centres have been providing job skills training for young
people and will now include a paper recycling operation which was funded
by the Dialog Telekom Change Trust. This recycling and hand-made paper
operation will be part of a greeting card making program, which has been
in existence for about a year. Through the new additions the program
will now include training in making the recycled paper used for greeting
cards and training in screen-printing which will also be used in the
card making process. In providing for this extension of the card making
program, the Dialog Change Trust funded a new building while also
providing for the paper making equipment and furniture.
Commenting on the efforts Founder of Varam Sri Lanka said Professor
Harendra De Silva "Through Varam Sri Lanka we are focused on empowering
a segment of society that till now went unseen and unheard.
Through the Welfare Centres we are not only giving alternative
livelihood option to many young people we also strive to build their
soft skills through enhancing their creative talents.
Having the support of a corporate citizen such as Dialog Telekom not
only empowers us in terms of funding but also gives recognition to an
impending socio-economic issue while providing solutions."
Commenting on the Change Trust Group Chief Corporate Officer, Dialog
Telekom Mothilal De Silva said "Through the Dialog Change Trust Fund we
have strive to uplift the lives of many segments of society who have not
had a voice of their own.
Being a relatively young Company itself we recognise the strength and
power in Sri Lankan youth and as a Company we seek to harness that
force.
We are honoured to be partnering Varam Sri Lanka in this effort to
uplift the lives and livelihood of the youth in South through this
Welfare Centre project."
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