AmãnaBank and MegaPay (Pvt) Limited recently concluded an agreement to facilitate public donations to Amãna Bank OrphanCare Trust.
The partnership will enable the general public in Sri Lanka to directly donate to the Bank’s flagship CSR venture through Pay&Go’s islandwide network of payment kiosks.
Launched in 2019, Orphan Care is an independent trust enabled by Amana Bank dedicated exclusively towards addressing an important yet unattended need of Orphan children, which is providing qualitative and financial support as they are forced to leave institutional care upon reaching the age of 18.
With over 14000 registered orphans reported in Sri Lanka, the Trusthas to-date enrolled over 2500 orphans represented by 75 orphanages to its OrphanCare program. The Bank has further set its sights on reaching out to all orphans in the country.
The Bank’s Orphan enrolment process is in alignment with Article 2 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child where enrolments are irrespective of the child’s or their parent’s or legal guardian’s race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinions, national, ethnic or social origin, property ,disability, birth or any other status.
Sharing his views on this partnership, Head of OrphanCare Azad Zaheed said “We are truly excited to have launched our new donation platform with Pay&Go. Every rupee donated to OrphanCare will be allocated exclusively for orphan accounts as Amãna Bank will bear all operating and administrative costs of the Trust.”
General Managerof MegaPay (Pvt) Ltd Vardan Aslibekyan opined “We are delighted to partner with Amana Bank in their unique CSR venture by enabling a platform for the general public to conveniently donate towards this noble cause, a cause which empowers Orphan children of Sri Lanka to make a choice towards their future. Pay&Go have transformed the way Sri Lankan’s make everyday payments by taking every measure to ensure convenience, through placing kiosks in all prominent locations and customer hotspots. ”
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