The 14th National Civilian Bravery Awards organised by Foundation for Civilian Bravery, will be held at the Main Auditorium of the Bandaranaika Memorial International Conference Hall (BMICH), Colombo on the 14 June 2007, at 2.15pm.
The 14th National Civilian Bravery Awards organised by Foundation for Civilian Bravery, will be held at the Main Auditorium of the Bandaranaika Memorial International Conference Hall (BMICH), Colombo on the 14 June 2007, at 2.15pm. Eagle Insurance is the Foundation's strategic partner for the event.
Foundation president Kasun P Chandraratne says the organization, believing that the purpose of life is to ensure the continuity of life, is dedicated to recognizing the selfless actions of those who save or attempt to save the lives of others. The foundation is a non-profit voluntary organization.
Chief guest of the ceremony will be former air-vice marshal, and high commissioner for Pakistan in Sri Lanka, his excellency Shahzad A Chaudry. Many distinguished speakers including former vice president of International Court of Justice, his excellency judge C G Weeramantry, will be addressing the ceremony.
The panel of judges for selecting awardees comprised of justice Ameer Ismail, the chairman of Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery and Corruption; major general U B L Fernando, the chief of staff of the Sri Lanka army; and Rajan Asirwatham, senior partner of KMPG Ford Rhodes Thornton & Co.
This year's presentation include the Budal Na Award (gold medal for civilian bravery), three silver medals of civilian bravery and four certificates of merit. The awardees are:
- A student who saved his cousins at Bolgoda lake
- A husband who fought a crocodile to save his wife's life
- A mother of four children who sacrificed her life to save a youth from a tidal wave
- Two labourers, a mason and a three wheeler driver who saved a couple from drowning in a flood
- A little child who saved his mother's life after she accidentally fell into a well.
A Samanera Thero will be presented with the inscription of gold for saving a life of a critically ill patient by donating one of his kidneys.
Eagle has chosen to be the strategic partner of the National Civilian Bravery Awards as it is in line with Eagle's core values and is yet another initiative in Eagle's comprehensive CSR endeavours. Eagle in this appreciation and acknowledgement of human compassion and bravery hopes to encourage the nation to value selfless actions. At Eagle, being ethical and socially responsible is a way-of-life and is a fundamental core value of the company, which Eagle champions ardently. Eagle was also ranked Asia's number one for CSR in the industry by Asian Insurance Review.
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For further details please contact:
Ashanthi at Foundation for Civilian Bravery on 036 5670050 or Asanga at Eagle Insurance on 2310024
Notes to editors:
In February 2006, the Aviva group acquired a majority stake in Eagle, with National Development Bank remaining a significant shareholder. Aviva is the world's oldest insurance group, with a history dating back 300 years to 1696. Today it is the world's fifth-largest insurance group and the biggest in the UK. The group has 59,000 employees serving 40 million customers worldwide with Sterling Pounds 364 billion assets under management.