Marking the ‘World Toilet Day’ held on November 19, Reckitt Benckiser’s Harpic funded renovation of sanitary facilities at the Suriyawewa Hospital through the Brand’s overreaching CSR initiative ‘Harpic Mission Wellbeing (Harpic Suwa Jana Meheyuma).
Mindful of the timely need for enhanced facilities at hospitals during the pandemic, Harpic went on to renovate other necessary facilities throughout the hospital as well. World Toilet Day, an official United Nations’ international observance day seeks to tackle the global sanitation crisis.
Expressing his gratitude to the ‘Harpic Wellbeing Mission’, W.H. Mahindarathna, District Medical Officer in Suriyawewa said, “Maintaining and renovating sanitation facilities at the Suriyawewa Hospital had been a challenge for hospital authorities for a long time. Especially in a poverty-stricken area like this where it’s hard to find philanthropists, this initiative by Harpic truly manifests their commitment to the cause of World Toilet Day. On behalf of patients, staff and residents in the area, we wish to thank Harpic for renovating not only sanitation but other facilities at the Suriyawewa Hospital. This commendable project provided relief to patients who visit the hospital daily.”
“Annually, we mark the World Toilet Day with CSR projects to develop public sanitation facilities in the country and the past we have rolled out many such initiatives. This year, given the Covid–19 crisis, we decided to focus our attention on the healthcare sector and utilized a significant portion of Harpic Mission Wellbeing’s funds for this purpose. During the next phase of this project, we will renovate and improve sanitation facilities at the Anuradhapura General Hospital and the Ayurvedic Hospital in Kandy,” commented Chathurika Fonseka, Product Group Manager Hygiene/Homecare Category, Reckitt Benckiser Lanka Ltd.
While Harpic carries out annual special projects on the World Toilet Day, the Brand reaches beyond the official day to consistently uplift sanitation standards across the country through its four-pronged CSR programme, ‘Harpic Mission Wellbeing’.
‘Harpic Mission wellbeing’ through the year 2019, has reached out to 3 million Sri Lankans through its 4 key programmes and plans to reach out to millions more in future.
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