Commemorating the value of the role that water plays in enabling and securing livelihoods, Perera and Sons donated yet another reverse osmosis (RO) plant to the Gamini Vidyalaya Kudawilachchiya, in the Anuradhapura district. 

This area is well known for the elephant-human conflicts and an increase in kidney borne diseases due to the lack of clean drinking water. 

The reverse osmosis plant ensures that students, teaching staff and the general community alike, all obtain access to clean, safe drinking water, thereby reducing the incidence and spread of water borne diseases which is a wide spread concern in these areas. 

It also stands to act as valuable source of drinking water in an area plagued with continuous drought, and water scarcity that has caused great difficulty and stunted the local agriculture as well. The villagers pay Rs. 2 –5 for a liter of drinking water, which is sold by those visiting door to door. 

The donation is part of Perera and Son’s efforts to support a request from the Sri Lanka Navy towards assisting the local communities. 

It also highlights the company’s long-term commitment to achieving the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals, particularly Goals 3 – Good Health and Well-being, and 6 – Clean Water and Sanitation, respectively under their CSR brand Manu Mehewara.