Colouring Smiles 2017-2018

Colouring Smiles is the Annual Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) project organised by the Business Economics Students’ Association (BIZCON), Department of Business Economics, with the aim of providing educational facilities to underprivileged schools in Sri Lanka.

‘Colouring Smiles 2017-2018’ was successfully held on 31st January 2017 in the Badulla area. After identifying needy schools through the Ministry of Education and Zonal Education Offices, members of BIZCON did field visits to the identified schools. The three neediest schools were selected for the project after the field visits. The three selected schools were,

B/ Gawarawela Vidyalaya – 300 Students
B/ Kosgama Vidyalaya – 35 Students
B/ Baduludena Vidyalaya – 8 Students.

Under the project, the organising committee fulfilled the following needs of the schools.

Physical requirements such as steel cupboards, sports equipment, required wall paint, and library books for all schools
Computers with network facilities for the IT lab of B/ Gawarawela Vidyalaya
Small gift packs to each student in B/ Kosgama Vidyalaya and B/ Baduludena Vidyalaya, including exercise books, stationery items, lunch boxes and water bottles
A Leadership Development Programme for the students and their parents of B/ Gawarawela Vidyalaya to emphasise the importance of education as the only means of eradicating the poverty they suffer
English Language Development programme for the students in B/ Gawarawela Vidyalaya

The contributions made by the MBA postgraduate students of the university, various fundraising projects done by BIZCON students and contributions of various organizations/individuals made this project a success.

Gawarawela Vidyalaya