Janashakthi Foundation pledges Rs. 50 mn to support nation’s battle against COVID-19

Dilshan Wirasekara, Director / CEO of First Capital Holdings PLC handing over the equipment to Prof. Prasad Katulanda, Consultant Endocrinologist, Head of Department - Clinical Medicine, National Hospital of Sri Lanka - Colombo, representing Janashakthi Foundation

Ravi Liyanage, Director / CEO of Janashakthi Life  handing over the equipment to Dr. Shehan Silva, Senior Lecturer in Medicine and Consultant Physician, Colombo South Teaching Hospital – Kalubowila, representing Janashakthi Foundation

Janashakthi Foundation – The philanthropic arm of Janashakthi Group, together with the Janashakthi Group companies initiated several support initiatives relating to COVID-19 in response to the nation’s ongoing battle against the pandemic. Furthermore, the Group committed Rs. 50 million for COVID-19 related support initiatives for its ongoing efforts through the philanthropic arm of the Group. 

“Since its inception, Janashakthi has been a long-term supporter of nation building initiatives and we have always recognized our responsibility to support the nation. We have established the Janashakthi Foundation, to streamline our initiatives across our Group companies with a focus on the 3 key pillars we have identified as sports, education and community development. As such, our initiatives are focused on empowering our communities and giving back to the society,” commented Ramesh Schaffter, Managing Director / Group CEO of Janashakthi Group. 

“Our ongoing initiatives are in line with the nation’s current need for COVID-19 related aid and we recently donated ventilator units to the National Hospital of Sri Lanka - Colombo and Colombo South Teaching Hospital – Kalubowila. 

We will continue to expand this initiative to support our community during these trying times and continue to monitor the situation and plan medium to long-term support initiatives relating to COVID-19. 

We also take this opportunity to extend our utmost gratitude to all the frontline healthcare workers who risk their lives every day to ensure the safety of all Sri Lankans during this pandemic”, he added.