Ircon India distributes computers to Kalutara schools
As part of its corporate social responsibility (CSR) scheme, Ircon International Limited, India, distributed computers and computer furniture to five underprivileged schools in the Matugama District to promote computer education among school children from economically depressed groups.
Transport Minister Kumara Welgama handed over the computers and the furniture to all five schools recently, when the minister along with Ircon General Manager S.L. Gupta visited these schools.
Students of Maliyadeva Primary School, Pelenda Tamil School, Uskvali Tamil Vidyalaya, Pelenda Maha Vidyalaya and Pelenda Muslim Vidyalaya benefited from this project. All these schools had no access to computer education previously and the students, school management and parents expressed their heartfelt gratitude to Ircon for its compassionate gesture, thereby making a dream come true for them.
CSR is part of Ircon’s core business. Ircon focuses on CSR initiatives where there is value creation in the longer term, thus demonstrating its commitment and respect to all its stakeholders.
Ircon’s social commitments are carried out in five key focus areas namely education, health, community development, generation of selfemployment and the empowerment of women.
IRCON Inter national Limited, a subsidiary of Indian Railways, is reconstructing the 252 km long rail link in the Northern Province from Medawachchiya to Talaimannar Pier and from Omanthai to Kankesanthurai for Sri Lanka Railways, funded by the Indian Lines of Credit.