Meanwhile, John Keells Foundation together with Ceylon Cold Stores (Elephant House) had initiated John Keells Praja Shakthi in Ranala. John Keells Praja Shakthi is a sustainable community empowerment initiative centred around locations of identified businesses of the John Keells Group, led by John Keells Foundation and powered by active and sustained engagement of the respective businesses. However, John Keells Foundation supported us once again by promoting sales through their channels and we managed to sell 1,883 lanterns. John Keells Foundation also handed over seed capital to the Ranliya Women’s Society to support them procure raw materials for their planned activities. Gender empowerment has always been an integral and cross-cutting theme of development initiatives undertaken by John Keells Foundation.

Source: The Nation June 25, 2021 07:07 UTC