A group of children in the scenic coastal town of Arayampathy in Batticaloa will start the new school year with a new classroom, thanks to the generosity of Ceylinco Life.

Sri Lanka’s life insurance leader funded the construction of a building for the Aesthetics classroom of the Sri Vinayagar Vidyalaya, Thalankudah, Arayampathy. This is the 89^th such classroom donated by the Company to a school in Sri Lanka.

The school has 454 students in grades one to the GCE Advanced Level, and a teaching staff of 32. It had only one building in good condition when Ceylinco Life came forward to help.

Despite the challenges of inadequate facilities, the school has maintained its quality of education, leading to children from the nearby towns of Manmunai, Madurapuram, Fathimapuram and Vedarkudiyirippu attending classes.

Every classroom built by Ceylinco Life under its long-running corporate social responsibility initiative continues to be monitored and maintained by the Company to ensure it serves many generations of students.

Commencing with a classroom built for the Tissa Primary School in Lunugamvehera in 2004, Ceylinco Life’s schools infrastructure project has traversed the length and breadth of Sri Lanka, assisting schools in diverse locations such as Jaffna, Vavuniya, Trincomalee, Muttur, Batticaloa, Sittandy, Mollipatana, Ayithyamalai, Embilipitiya, Nivithigala, Beligala, Avissawella, Deniyaya, Kamburupitiya, Bandarawela, Haputale, Rambukkana, Kandy, Pilimatalawa, Madulkele, Rikillagaskada, Rajawella, Matale, Galgamuwa, Padaviya, Boraluwewa, Anuradhapura, Moneragala, Anamaduwa, Matugama, Kilinochchi, Mannar, Wellawaya, Talawa, Chilaw, Galagedara, Rathkarawwa, Hatton, Badulla, Nuwara Eliya, Welimada, Puttalam, Polonnaruwa, Matugama, Elpitiya, Kegalle, Sevanagala, Horana and Balangoda.

Adjudged Sri Lanka’s Brand of the Year for the second successive year in 2023, Ceylinco Life was also named one of the 10 Most Admired Companies in Sri Lanka in 2023 by the International Chamber of Commerce Sri Lanka (ICCSL) and the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) and was ranked the ‘Most Valuable Insurance Brand in Sri Lanka’ across both life and general insurance categories in 2023 by Brand Finance.

Ceylinco Life has been the country’s leading life insurer for 20 of the 36 years it has been in existence and provides innovative life insurance solutions which offer protection while de-risking the goals and ambitions of the Company’s policyholders.

Photo caption: (Above) The new classroom donated by Ceylinco Life to Sri Vinayagar Vidyalaya, Arayampathy and the old classroom that students used