Sarvodaya Development Finance Limited (SDF) recently hosted workshops on financial literacy for small business entrepreneurs who had obtained financing facilities from the company in the areas of Balangoda, Ratnapura, Anuradhapaura, Kandy and Gampaha. The workshops were conducted by the parent company of SDF, Sarvodaya Economic Enterprise Development Services (Guarantee) Ltd (SEEDS). The first program was held at the Ratnapura Sarvodaya District Center on the 15th of September 2015. The next program was held on the 25^th of September at Anuradhapura, while the workshops in Kandy took place on the 24^th of November in Kandy. The most recent workshop was held at the Gampaha Sarvodaya Centre on the 8^th of December.

The workshops were conducted by a set of trained staff of SEEDS, while senior officials and Regional Managers of Sarvodaya Development Finance Limited also participated in the programs.

Commenting on the objectives of this series of workshops, the CEO of Sarvodaya Development Finance Limited, Ravindra Ranjith notes, “Through these workshops our aim is to give small and medium entrepreneurs a basic introduction to the concept of “Entrepreneurship”, an introduction of basic accounting concepts, identification of basic accounting records, and the need to understand why a business should maintain a simple set of financial records. The seminars were well received in all districts and we hope to educate more and more grass root level business people on financial literacy regularly. We have also decided to have more programs of this nature in the other parts of the country covering all our branches”

The Management of SDF took a decision to provide an additional service to its customers on top of lending (Credit Plus) to enhance the knowledge in business management so that SDF can proudly produce a set of successful businessmen/entrepreneurs in the country.