{"id":6323,"date":"2022-10-22T18:47:07","date_gmt":"2022-10-22T18:47:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.topic.lk\/?p=6323"},"modified":"2022-10-22T18:47:09","modified_gmt":"2022-10-22T18:47:09","slug":"prima-stella-partners-with-allies-in-its-mission-to-advance-sri-lankas-food-security","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/topic.lk\/6323\/","title":{"rendered":"Prima Stella partners with allies in its mission to advance Sri Lanka\u2019s food security.."},"content":{"rendered":"

Prima Stella celebrated World Children\u2019s Day this year by joining hands with the non-profit volunteer group, \u2018The Samaritans\u2019 in its \u20183000 Smiles\u2019 meal programme. The initiative was implemented and mobilised by The Samaritans with the aim of providing a meal to children across the nation.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Ceylon Agro Industries Limited (Prima Group), provided Prima Stella Cup Noodles and other additional nutritious food ingredients for the students at the BoralasgamuwaMahaVidyalaya, Boralesgamuwa. In addition, students who stayed after school for the classes conducted by the school to prepare them for the GCE Ordinary Level Examination were provided with a lunch packet each courtesy of Prima Stella.<\/p>\n

The meal programmes organised by The Samaritans were carried out primarily in schools, but also included religious places and community centres to reach a wider audience. The programme has covered many parts of the country, including but not limited to Colombo, Kandy, Kilinochchi, Pottuvil, Baddegama, Maskeliya, Palmadulla, Monaragala, Hikkaduwa and Godagama. In addition to providing meals and other gift items, a range of educational and entertainment activities were organised in selected locations to lift the children\u2019s spirits.<\/p>\n

Speaking on the occasion, Deputy General Manager of Ceylon Agro Industries \u2013\u00a0\u00a0 Prima Group Sri Lanka, Mr. Sajith Gunaratne stated, \u201cThis initiative undertaken by The Samaritans is commendable, as a group that has won the trust and patronage of many generations, we\u2019re pleased to be a part of this programme that strives to improve the health and nourishment of the next generation.\u201d<\/p>\n

Commenting on the collaboration, Ricky Simms from The Samaritans noted, \u201cThe Samaritans have carried out meal drives since June 2022; so far, we have provided 9,712 meals to children and elders across the country and hope to do many more continuously going forward. The Samaritans is thankful to Ceylon Agro Industries, Prima Group Sri Lanka for coming forward to help in this initiative and we hope to work together going forward in this worthy cause.\u201d<\/p>\n

Furthermore, over 10,000 cups of Prima Stella Noodles were distributed in lieu of many World Children\u2019s Day celebrations across the country in collaboration with local government authorities. Committed to giving back to the community it operates in, Ceylon Agro Industries of Prima Group hopes to pursue more initiatives of similar nature to assist the nation\u2019s fight against food insecurity among vulnerable communities of the country.<\/p>\n

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Prima Stella celebrated World Children\u2019s Day this year by joining hands with the non-profit volunteer group, \u2018The Samaritans\u2019 in its \u20183000 Smiles\u2019 meal programme. The initiative was implemented and mobilised by The Samaritans with the aim of providing a meal to children across the nation. Ceylon Agro Industries Limited (Prima Group), provided Prima Stella Cup […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6325,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,6],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-6323","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-biz_news","8":"category-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/topic.lk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6323","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/topic.lk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/topic.lk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topic.lk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topic.lk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6323"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/topic.lk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6323\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6328,"href":"https:\/\/topic.lk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6323\/revisions\/6328"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topic.lk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6325"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/topic.lk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6323"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topic.lk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6323"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topic.lk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6323"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}