The Bank will support the improvement of a pre-school in the Moneragala District in the Uva Province, as a contribution to UNICEF’s work to support government partners to improve preschool education.
The partnership will contribute to the Province’s efforts to provide safer, more equitable, quality preschool learning environments.
The programme will include updating and refurbishing the entire school and equipping it with quality furniture and teaching-learning items.
Since 2022, UNICEF with funding from its partners has supported the Provincial Offices of Uva and Central to improve the learning environments of 40 preschools in remote areas.
This private-public partnership represents a new model for bringing partners together to strengthen early childhood education and foster the development of young learners by reaching the most marginalized with quality preschool education.
Education is one of the principal focal points of Commercial Bank’s Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) commitments.
Within this, the Bank’s largest contribution is towards digital technology education in Sri Lanka.
The Bank has donated 362 IT labs to schools across all 25 districts of Sri Lanka and has also supported a project to set up 176 classrooms that focus on the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) subjects.
Additionally, the Bank was a key partner in the national Smart Schools initiative where 165 schools were equipped with digital learning facilities.
The Bank’s “Sipnena” online portal contains digitized school curriculum content, complete with practical videos and presentations to facilitate easy learning for students.
Commercial Bank is the first Sri Lankan bank to be listed among the Top 1000 Banks of the World and has the highest market capitalization in the Banking Sector in the Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE).
The Bank is the largest lender to Sri Lanka’s SME sector, is a leader in digital innovation and is Sri Lanka’s first 100% carbon neutral bank.
Commercial Bank operates a strategically located network of branches and automated machines island-wide, and has the widest international footprint among Sri Lankan banks, with 20 outlets in Bangladesh, a Microfinance company in Myanmar, and a fully-fledged Tier I Bank with a majority stake in the Maldives.
The Bank’s fully owned subsidiary CBC Finance Ltd. also delivers a wide range of financial services via its own branch network.
UNICEF promotes the rights and wellbeing of every child, in everything it does.
Together with partners, UNICEF works in 190 countries and territories to translate that commitment into practical action, focusing special efforts on reaching the most vulnerable and excluded children, to the benefit of all children, everywhere.
For more information about UNICEF Sri Lanka, visit www.unicef.lk.
Photo Caption Commercial Bank Managing Director/CEO Mr Sanath Manatunge exchanges the agreement with UNICEF Country Representative Mr Christian Skoog in the presence of the Bank’s Deputy General Manager Corporate Banking Mr Hasrath Munasinghe, UNICEF Resource Mobilisation Officer Ms Farzana Khan, the Bank’s Chief Manager Sustainability, Women’s Banking & CSR Ms Kamalini Ellawala and the Assistant Manager of the Sustainability, Women’s Banking & CSR Unit Mr Gayan Wickramarathna.