AIA executes ‘Divimagata Piyapath’ next phase

• Support children’s education in communities affected by Cyclone Ditwah

AIA Insurance Lanka recently executed the next phase of its community relief programme ‘AIA Divimagata Piyapath, Senehase Gamana’, mobilising a nationwide effort to provide essential school supplies and stationery for the new academic year to children in communities impacted by Cyclone Ditwah and the widespread landslides and floods that followed.

Through this initiative, AIA aims to restore hope by ensuring the students in the most affected areas have the tools they need to continue their studies without interruption, demonstrating AIA’s longstanding commitment to helping Sri Lankans live ‘Healthier, Longer, Better Lives’.

To make contributions simple and accessible, AIA branches located near key train stations served as designated collection points for school supplies and stationery. Donations were also collected through the AIA Rethink Healthy Train, which commenced its journey from Colombo Fort and aggregated contributions from communities and AIA branches along the way. These donations will be distributed to schools in Mannar, Matale, Kotmale, Gampola and Mahiyanganaya, where the students urgently need essential stationery and educational supplies.

AIA Wealth Planners are the driving force behind this initiative, taking an active leadership role in making it a success. 

AIA Insurance Lanka launched its community support initiative AIA Divimagata Piyapath as an urgent humanitarian assistance programme in response to the unprecedented disaster caused by Cyclone Ditwah. As part of the immediate relief efforts, AIA provided essential medicines to 3,654 individuals sheltering in 41 government-run safety centres in the Matale District. Additionally, free essential medicines were distributed to 20,825 individuals sheltering in 211 safety centres in the Nuwara Eliya district through the Nuwara Eliya District General Hospital. 

A comprehensive health service camp was organised for over 600 families affected by floods in the Thalwatte area, Kelaniya, ensuring timely medical attention and care. Further reinforcing these efforts, AIA extended its commitment to child welfare by donating funds to SOS Children’s Villages, ensuring vital support for children severely affected by Cyclone Ditwah.