First Capital Holdings, Habitat for Humanity Sri Lanka empower communities in Galle | Daily News

First Capital Holdings, Habitat for Humanity Sri Lanka empower communities in Galle

Krishanthi and her family in front of their new Habitat home, with senior staff of First Capital Holdings PLC and Habitat for Humanity Sri Lanka, the Director General of the National Secretariat for NGOs, Raja Goonaratne and other local government officials.
Krishanthi and her family in front of their new Habitat home, with senior staff of First Capital Holdings PLC and Habitat for Humanity Sri Lanka, the Director General of the National Secretariat for NGOs, Raja Goonaratne and other local government officia

First Capital Holdings PLC and Habitat for Humanity Sri Lanka handed over four homes to families in the Bope-Poddala Division in the Galle District recently. Senior staff representing both organizations, along with government officials, stood with these four families as they stepped into their new homes.

This partnership involved First Capital Holdings PLC pledging LKR 15 million, for the ‘First Capital Housing Project’ in the Galle District, providing deserving low-income families with safe and stable homes.

The first four homes were constructed under the technical supervision of Habitat for Humanity Sri Lanka, for K.H. Achala Udayanthi, G.W. Siripala, H.G. Krishanthi, and K.H. Vipulasena.

The handover ceremonies for the four homes took place with the participation of the Senior Management of First Capital Holdings PLC, including Dilshan Wirasekara, Director and CEO; Tharusha Ekanayake, COO; Wasanthi Stephen, Group Chief Human Resources Officer, Nisansala Munasinghe, Head of Marketing and Dimantha Mathew, Head of Research. The Director General of the National Secretariat for NGOs, Raja Goonaratne, along with the Additional District Secretary, Galle District; Additional Divisional Secretary of Bope-Poddala Division and other local government official graced the events with the staff of Habitat for Humanity Sri Lanka.

Habitat for Humanity Sri Lanka, First Capital Holdings PLC, Director and CEO Dilshan Wirasekara said, “As a group, we recognize the importance of improving the living conditions of our people and uplifting the lives of disadvantaged communities. As such, we are pleased to have partnered with Habitat for Humanity Sri Lanka and to be able to provide these low-income families with safe housing and a decent place to live.”


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