Sunshine Holdings continues community programmes in health and education
View(s):Companies of the Sunshine Holdings group have been involved in several community level projects, that the group says “made a lasting positive impact on the lives of many individuals in the past financial year”.
The group’s healthcare arm, Sunshine Healthcare, aligning with the ‘Vision 2020 Sri Lanka national programme for the prevention of avoidable blindness,’ enabled 250 individuals to improve their eyesight by sponsoring cataract surgeries. In the past four years, Sunshine Healthcare has sponsored 1,085 cataract surgeries in total.
Contributing further towards national objectives, Sunshine Healthcare donated ‘Mospel’ Mosquito Repellent to support the government’s dengue preventive effort. Sunshine Healthcare also continued its mission of providing quality medicinal supplies and nutritional and medical supplements for those unable to afford them, by donating nutritional supplements intended for 5,500 people to the Cancer Hospital, elders’ homes, children’s homes, up-country estates and a number of base hospitals.
In addition, the company also supported 3,500 individuals through health camps conducted in areas particularly in which health standards were lacking, a company media release said. It said Watawala Plantations improved housing facilities and other amenities in estates, assisted physically-challenged individuals residing in estates and also focused on supporting the educational aspirations of children of the company’s associates.
“To make a lasting impact through its community endeavours, Sunshine Holdings has continuously focused on long-term initiatives aligned with national objectives, as the positive synergy from the collective efforts of all those supporting these programmes can lead to better and more sustainable results,” Sunshine Holdings PLC Group Managing Director, Vish Govindasamy said.