ATL Life celebrates World Children’s Day in Gampola
ATL (Amãna Takaful) Life recently partnered with the Gampola, Udapalatha Divisional Secretariat to host an event for the local pre-schools to celebrate World Children’s Day under the theme ‘Lend a hand to protect their precious childhood’ at the Zahira College,Gampola. The fun filled day saw the attendance of H. M. D. S. Wijeratne -Assistant Divisional Secretariat, Udapalatha, Asif Raheem– AGM, ATL Life, staff of ATL Life, pre-school children from nearby schools and their parents.
The event saw the participation of 260 children from 48 pre-schools with over 200 parents supporting the event. The theme for the event ‘Lend a hand to protect their precious childhood’ aimed to highlight the importance of early development in children and how parents and the environment parents create for their children at home, play a vital role in the child’s upbringing. The event consisted of a talent show, art competition and fun games and winners received special gifts sponsored by ATL Life. A felicitation was held to recognize and appreciate pre-school teachers for the role they play in ensuring the development of children, followed by a Q&A session with the parents.
Commenting on the eventAsif Raheem – AGM, ATL Life stated, “We at ATL are proud to partner with the Divisional Secretariat Udapalatha, Gampolato host such a unique event to celebrate World Children’s Day. This event conveys a valuable message about the important role that parents play in the lives of their children. Our children are tomorrow’s leaders. To create a confident generation of leaders, and above all responsible citizens they must enjoy a safe, secure and happy childhood. With a lot going on in the current world, it is important to educate parents on how they can nurture and develop their children from an early age. Though schools play an important role, parents too play an important role in their upbringing.”
ATL Life during its journey of 17 years has been successful in establishing a strong position for the concept of Takaful amidst stiff competition from established conventional players. The company operates across 25 branches and is set to expand its footprint further reaching out to customers from all segments of society and offers innovative and state-of-the-art Life insurance products that are convenient, affordable and reliable. As part of its commitment to remain ‘open to all’, ATL serves all communities and employs a multi-ethnic team across its network. The company’s recent IPO via an Offer for Sale of LKR 75 million was oversubscribed on its opening day, demonstrating strong investor confidence in the company. With the listing Amana Takaful Life also becomes the first publicly quoted segregated life insurer in Sri Lanka, following the mandatory segregation of Life and General insurance companies on 1st February 2015, in compliance with Insurance Board of Sri Lanka’s (IBSL’s). Regulation of Insurance Industry (Amendment) Act, No. 3 of 2011.
The Directors of the newly incorporated Life Company, Amana Takaful Life PLC are Tyeab Akbarally (Chairman), Fazal Ghaffoor (Executive Director), Non-Executive Directors Dr. Ifthikarudeen Ismail, Non-Executive Independent Directors M.H.M. Rafiq, Dato’ Fadzli Yusof, R. Gopinath and A. S Kassim.
