Financial Times - Brandix provides water to housing scheme in Galle

In keeping with the Brandix outreach initiative ’Water is Life’, to provide safe drinking water for those most in need, Brandix – Sri Lanka’s single largest exporter, in partnership with the Green Movement, Sri Lanka provided an internal water supply system for the newly resettled Housing Scheme at Atanakitha, Imaduwa G S Division in the Galle District.

This housing scheme provides shelter to 30 families whose houses were destroyed by the tsunami. The housing scheme was funded by Aid and Relief Japan (AAR- Japan). Brandix funded the supplying of water to the households at a cost of over Rs. 2 million. As implementing partner the Green Movement provided the necessary skilled labour and provided supervision for the project. The houses were ceremonially inaugurated recently by Minister of Disaster Management and Human Rights, Mahinda Samarasinha.

In addition to the infrastructure support, Brandix supports this community through capacity building initiatives. The employees of Brandix Activewear, Koggala have volunteered to work with these households and the adjacent school to give them basic livelihood related tools that were lost in the tsunami while sharing with them knowledge gathered at the work place. This includes; ‘5S’ principles, energy saving strategies, environmentally friendly community development strategies and basic waste management skills, the company said in a statement.