Horizon Lanka Foundation started a new BPO company named OnTime Pvt. Ltd. recently to carry out BPO operations. Right now we are doing business for our first client John Keels Holdings Limited (JKHL.) They trained 2 of our best youth from Horizon Lanka, Isuru Senevirathna and Majith Rakshitha, to do this along with one of staff members, Mr Nirosh Manjula Ranathunga.
Foundation for Advancing Rural Opportunities in Sri Lanka (FAROLanka) was the great force behind this initiative. They got the help from various other organizations to make this happen.
FJ & G de Saram, a leading law firm in Sri Lanka helped us registering BPO as a new company totally free of charge.
We also are discussing with Dialog Telekom Ltd. and Singer Sri Lanka to get some more work for our youth. Around 50 youths are being trained to take up BPO jobs from Mahavilachchiya. Mahavilachchiya has very good infrastructure like a modern computer lab with 512 KBPS internet connection, 50 computers in the village households – 30 of them are connected to Internet through mesh technology – and 7 Wi-Fi zones in the village where you can use your laptops.
The CEO of the OnTime is Mr Nirosh Manjula Ranathunga. Isuru Senevirathna is a director of the new company. Other directors are from FARO. Mr Wanninayaka is set a good example by remaining only as non executive Chairman and guiding the youth to become successful entrepreneurs. He is happy to see young people performing well and achieve a lot for the village and the country.
Radhika Nilupulee Rajapaksha radhika@horizonlanka.org
