Volunteer Recognition Day 2019 was held on 27th June at the Earls Court at Cinnamon Lakeside Colombo.
Most projects carried out by John Keells Foundation, function with the support of staff volunteers and the financial year 2018/19 was no exception. The Group’s volunteer network enables employees to go beyond their day-to-day work and make a hands-on contribution to the community and environment development while the volunteer leave policy facilitates the release of staff for CSR activities with minimum restraint.
During 2018/19, 786 staff volunteers engaged in projects undertaken by the Foundation recording 1287 volunteer instances accounting for 4652 hours, excluding CSR initiatives organized at a sector or business level. Chairperson, Krishan Balendra in his address, thanked all the volunteers for their contribution towards maintaining JKH as a responsible corporate citizen.
Volunteers vary from project champions, trainers and trained assistants to those who engage in skill-based volunteerism and administrative support. Every year volunteers are recognized for their commitment and contribution with ‘Platinum’, ‘Gold’, ‘Silver’, ‘Bronze’ or `Merit’ ratings based on the Foundation’s Volunteer Rating Mechanism with the high performers being awarded at the annual Volunteer Recognition Day.
The 3 Platinum Award Winners were:
The Foundation also took the opportunity to pay tribute at this gathering to Ms. Dilani Alagaratnam, who has been the President for CSR since August 2014 and is due to retire at the end of the year and also present her with a token of appreciation.
Volunteer Recognition Day 2019 was held on 27th June at the Earls Court at Cinnamon Lakeside Colombo.
Most projects carried out by John Keells Foundation, function with the support of staff volunteers and the financial year 2018/19 was no exception. The Group’s volunteer network enables employees to go beyond their day-to-day work and make a hands-on contribution to the community and environment development while the volunteer leave policy facilitates the release of staff for CSR activities with minimum restraint.
During 2018/19, 786 staff volunteers engaged in projects undertaken by the Foundation recording 1287 volunteer instances accounting for 4652 hours, excluding CSR initiatives organized at a sector or business level. Chairperson, Krishan Balendra in his address, thanked all the volunteers for their contribution towards maintaining JKH as a responsible corporate citizen.
Volunteers vary from project champions, trainers and trained assistants to those who engage in skill-based volunteerism and administrative support. Every year volunteers are recognized for their commitment and contribution with ‘Platinum’, ‘Gold’, ‘Silver’, ‘Bronze’ or `Merit’ ratings based on the Foundation’s Volunteer Rating Mechanism with the high performers being awarded at the annual Volunteer Recognition Day.
The 3 Platinum Award Winners were:
The Foundation also took the opportunity to pay tribute at this gathering to Ms. Dilani Alagaratnam, who has been the President for CSR since August 2014 and is due to retire at the end of the year and also present her with a token of appreciation.
27 August, 2024