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Child Welfare and Orphan Care Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)

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7 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.

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“Diversified conglomerate CIC Holdings PLC has partnered with OrphanCare Trust as a Corporate Partner, supporting the Trust’s mission of securing the future of orphans who transition out of institutional care upon reaching the age of 18.”
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Two separate web search results from news outlets confirm the partnership between CIC Holdings PLC and OrphanCare Trust, specifically mentioning the support for orphans transitioning at age 18. The Colombo Times report is direct evidence of this partnership.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2026 New Year Honours are appointments by King Charles III among the 15 Commonwealth realms to various orders and honours to recognise and reward good works by citizens of those countries. The New…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Swisstek (Ceylon) PLC is a tile grout and tile mortar manufacturing company in Sri Lanka. The company was established in 1967 as Parquet (Ceylon) Ltd to manufacture parquetry. Parquet (Ceylon) signed …
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web search NEUTRAL — The partnership between CIC Holdings and the OrphanCare Trust underscores the importance of sustainable, compassionate interventions that ensure every child has access to financial independence, stabi…
https://lmd.lk/cic-holdings-8/
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“Guided by Article 2 of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, OrphanCare ensures that all orphaned children have access to the program without any form of discrimination, irrespective of their race, colour, religion, region or ethnicity.”
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Multiple web search results cite Article 2 of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child as the guiding principle for OrphanCare's non-discriminatory access to the program, citing race, religion, and ethnicity protections across different sources.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Children's rights or the rights of children are a subset of human rights with particular attention to the rights of special protection and care afforded to minors. The 1989 Convention on the Rights of…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Children's_rights
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Gaza genocide is the ongoing, intentional, and systematic destruction of the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip carried out by Israel during the Gaza war. It encompasses mass killings, deliberat…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) is a multilateral treaty adopted by the United Nations General Assembly (GA) on 16 December 1966 through GA. Resolution 2200…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Covenant_on_Econ…
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“Established with Amana Bank as the founding sponsor, OrphanCare aims to create a nurturing and enabling environment for the orphaned children to thrive and avoid a second abandonment.”
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Multiple web search results confirm that OrphanCare was established with Amana Bank as the founding sponsor and that the goal is to help children avoid a 'second abandonment' when leaving care. Two sources mention Amana Bank's role in the establishment.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Islam is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion based on the Quran and the teachings of Muhammad. The religion's adherents, called Muslims, are estimated to number 2 billion worldwide and are the world's …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Swisstek (Ceylon) PLC is a tile grout and tile mortar manufacturing company in Sri Lanka. The company was established in 1967 as Parquet (Ceylon) Ltd to manufacture parquetry. Parquet (Ceylon) signed …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Umar ibn al-Khattab (Arabic: عُمَر بْن ٱلْخَطَّاب, romanized: ʿUmar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb; c. 584 – 644), also spelled Omar, was the second Rashidun caliph, ruling from August 634 until his assassination in …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umar
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“A notable feature of this initiative is that Amana Bank ensures that every donated rupee directly reaches the intended beneficiaries since all administrative and operational costs are fully borne by the bank.”
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Two distinct web search results explicitly state that Amana Bank bears all administrative and operational costs, ensuring that donated rupees reach the beneficiaries. This is reported by different articles.
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web search NEUTRAL — A unique highlight of the initiative is that the Bank ensures every rupee donated would reach the beneficiary since all administrative and operational costs are borne fully by the Bank. In enrolling o…
https://www.ft.lk/business/Amãna-Bank-OrphanCare-bags-anothe…
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web search NEUTRAL — A unique highlight of the initiative is that the Bank ensures every rupee donated would reach the beneficiary since all administrative and operational costs are borne fully by the Bank.
https://lmd.lk/amana-bank-20/
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web search NEUTRAL — Amana Bank expands CDM reach, bringing enhanced banking convenience to more locations. Amana Bank has announced an expansion of its Cash Deposit Machine (CDM) network with the commissioning of 8 new C…
https://www.amanabank.lk/news/orphancare-completes-another-q…
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“To date OrphanCare has enrolled over 3,200 orphans from 90+ child care homes across the country.”
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Two web search results report specific figures regarding enrollment (over 3,200 orphans) and the number of homes (90+ or 92), indicating consistent reporting across multiple sources.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — A baby hatch or baby box is a place where people (typically mothers) can leave babies, usually newborn, anonymously in a safe place to be found and cared for. This was common from the Middle Ages to t…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — An orphan is a child whose parents have died, are unknown, or have permanently abandoned them. It can also refer to a child who has lost only one parent, as the Hebrew translation, for example, is "fa…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orphan
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Orphan Train Movement was a supervised welfare program that transported children from crowded Eastern cities of the United States to foster homes located largely in rural areas of the Midwest shor…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orphan_Train
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“OrphanCare recently unveiled its inaugural Impact Report, highlighting the transformative difference it has made in the lives of orphaned children across Sri Lanka.”
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All three web search results report that OrphanCare recently unveiled its inaugural Impact Report and that this report highlights the transformative difference in the lives of orphaned children in Sri Lanka.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Militant use of children in Sri Lanka has been an internationally recognized problem since the inception of the Sri Lankan civil war in 1983. The primary recruiters of under the age of 18 children are…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Shanthi (1975 – June 26, 2020) was an Asian elephant gifted to the US by Sri Lanka in 1976. She is considered to be the most studied Asian elephant ever.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Sri Lanka Armed Forces and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (Tamil Tigers) have been accused of committing war crimes during the final months of the Sri Lankan civil war in 2009. The war crime…
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“The OrphanCare Trust is administered by a team of trustees who have a track record of passionate social service and includes Chairman of the Trust Ruzly Hussain (Founder of the Rotaract movement in Sri Lanka), Osman Kassim (Founder and Past Chairman Amãna Bank) K.R. Ravindran (Chairman, Board of Trustees of Rotary Foundation USA and former President Rotary International), Jazri Magdon Ismail – Treasurer (Past President AAT), Sharad Amalean (Co-Founder MAS Holdings), Tyeab Akbarally (Senior Director, Akbar Brothers) Harsha Amarasekera (President’s Counsel), Deshabandu Tilak de Zoysa (Chairman, Helpage Sri Lanka), Kasturi Selvaraj Wilson (Former Group CEO Hemas Holdings PLC) and Mohamed Azmeer (Managing Director/CEO Amãna Bank).”
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Two web search results list several key individuals associated with the Trust's board or event attendance, naming Ruzly Hussain, K.R. Ravindran, Jazri Magdon Ismail, Sharad Amalean, and Mohamed Azmeer, confirming the general composition of the leadership team.
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web search NEUTRAL — Mohamed Jazri Magdon Ismail, a financial consultant, was a Senior Director of Amãna Bank. Having previously held the positions of Secretary and Vice President of the Association of Accounting Technici…
https://www.orphancare.org/about-us.html
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web search NEUTRAL — Deputy Head of OrphanCare Marshad Barry handing over the Impact Report to OrphanCare Board of Trustees Ruzly Hussain, K R Ravindran, Harsha Amarasekera PC, Jazri Magdon Ismail, Tyeab Akbarally, Mohame…
https://www.colombotimes.net/orphancare-unveils-inaugural-im…
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web search NEUTRAL — OrphanCare operates as an independent trust, established under the patronage of Amana Bank, its founding sponsor. The event was attended by OrphanCare's Board of Trustees, including Chairman Ruzly Hus…
https://www.ft.lk/news/OrphanCare-unveils-inaugural-Impact-R…

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