People’s Bank distributes unique gifts to children at Children’s Day national event
To commemorate the World Children’s Day, a national event presided by Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapakse was held at the ‘Ape Gama’ premises, on October 2, 2020.
At this special event, People’s Bank introduced a special clay till, as a gift to children having Isuru Udana and Sisu Udana accounts, with a view to inculcate the savings habit. Another reason to introduce this unique gift was to support local industries in line with the government’s ‘Vistas of Prosperity and Splendour’ manifesto.
At this event, which was held under the theme ‘Let’s build our nation’, People’s Bank Chairman Sujeewa Rajapakse joined the prime minister in presenting the special tills to the children.
Education Minister Prof. G.L. Peiris, Women and Child Development, Preschools and Primary Education, School Infrastructure and Education Services State Minister Piyal Nishantha De Silva, People’s Bank Senior DGM Retail Banking K.B. Rajapakse, DGM Process Management, Quality Assurance and Retail Banking
Renuka Jayasinghe, AGM Retail Banking A. Jayasith, Head of Marketing Nalaka Wijayawardana, together with a large gathering of government officials and children participated in the event.
Based on a request made by Clay, Cane, Brass, Furniture and Rural Industries State Minister Prasanna Ranaweera, People’s Bank decided to gift clay saving tills to the Isuru Udana and Sisu Udana accountholder children, to encourage their savings habit. The significant feature of this speciallydesigned clay savings till is that once it has served its purpose, it can be easily used as a clay bird’s nest, thereby making it an environmentally-friendly option.
People’s Bank recently unveiled the ‘Made in Sri Lanka’ loans programme in order to develop local industries, promote exportoriented industries, encourage import substitute industries, enhance t he quality of l ocal products, increase employment opportunities for locals and drive regional development for all those involved in the agri, plantations, fisheries, clay, batik, brass, gem and jewellery and other local industries.