Book Donation with AAT Sri Lanka at Galpitiya

Year and Month	10-July-2019
Number of Days	One
Crew	08 (AAT Staff)
Accommodation	N/A
Transport	AAT Van
Activities	Book Donation, Photography, Social Service
Weather	Good
Route	Colombo -> Kurunegala -> Galgamuwa -> Meegalewa -> Galpitiya
Tips, Notes and Special remark	Select a remote school where the requirement is needed Always ask for the correct need of the school Plan your project and do the needful Collect the books and arrange it grade wise Pack them and arrange a date of distribution Give the maximum contribution as much as you can Take some other items if you can (sports equipment etc)
Related Resources	Newspaper Article -1 Newspaper Article – 2 Official Photo Album
Author	Ranshan Fernando
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Humane hands of AAT Sri Lanka extended to a remote school in Galgamuwa of the NWP

Association of Accounting Technicians of Sri Lanka (AAT Sri Lanka) while being engaged in taking accounting education to grass root levels of the country, experienced a pleasant surprise in extending its humane hands to a worthy cause under the auspices of its first CSR project on the theme “AAT Samaja Mehewara (Social Mission)” through the intervention of social media. It happened as a result of responses by a Facebook group in reply to a suggestion published by the AAT Sri Lanka official Facebook page offering support to rural schools.

The opportunity of donating books to the school library and sports equipment to Galpitiya Junior School in a hamlet in the Galgamuwa division, Maho educational zone Kurunegala district arose in that manner. Coming under the category of most rural schools, with 270 students from grade 1 to 11 and 18 teachers, it is located near Kalankuttiya tank which is the Anuradhapura Kurunegala district border. The main occupation of villagers there is Chena cultivation. The area is not only affected by drought but also by wild elephant attacks. Despite all that, the school had gained recognition winning prizes is aesthetics at interprovincial level competitions.

The donation was made to Mr Nihal Rathnamalala, Principal of the school by a team on behalf of AAT Sri Lanka comprising Mr Tishanga Kumarasinghe, CEO, Mr Dinuka Subapanditha, Marketing Manager and Ms Nadee Perera, Head of Student Registration & Membership who visited the school recently.

Being a non-profit oriented educational institute, AAT Sri Lanka intends to extend benefits to schools in rural areas through this social mission project to develop the knowledge & skills of students. (AAT Official Facebook page – www.facebook.com/AATSriLankaOfficial)

As an employee of AAT Sri Lanka, I was able to introduce CSR activities to the Institute. Since I have enough CSR experiences I planned this Book Donation as the first CSR event in AAT Sri Lanka history. Then I grab information about remote schools and found this rural school which is situated at the border of Kurunegala district (8.033507, 80.413862). However, we deliver many books as per their requirement and was able to donate some sports items too.