CTC relief worth Rs. 13 mln to flood victims
View(s):The Ceylon Tobacco Company PLC (CTC) and its employees recently donated flood relief items worth over Rs. 13 million to victims of floods and landslides in several areas of the country. “As a company that has been a part of Sri Lanka for over a century and stood by the country during its most difficult of times we felt the need to come together once more to support our fellow countrymen in this hour of need. Our employees worked together to make sure that the essential items were collected, packed and distributed among the most affected,” said CTC CEO, Michael Koest in a media release.
According to Nalin Jayasuriya (AIT Manager of CTC), the first phase of the relief effort, which included the distribution of essential items was carried out in Deniyaya, Ratnapura, Galle, Matara and Matugama. The 5-day campaign to distribute humanitarian aid was carried out in collaboration with the Police and STF troops, where essential items including bed sheets, towels, clothes, undergarments, children’s garments, sanitary items and medicine, were distributed in disaster stricken areas that had not received relief aid by then.