Brandix Group
Empowering Communities
A Victoria’s Secret & Co. partner for more than 25 years, Brandix is Sri Lanka’s leading supplier in manufacturing and supply chain excellence. As one of the largest employers in each Sri Lankan community where its operations are located, Brandix focuses its social responsibility efforts around three pillars: Provide, Educate and Engage.
Through its "Provide" pillar, Brandix is dedicated to enhancing the quality of life of it's employees and communities enabling access to safe drinking water, clean sanitation facilities, better healthcare, and food security. Meanwhile, the "Educate" pillar facilitates access to education through initiatives such as English language learning programs, University scholarships, and the donation of school essentials. Under "Engage" Brandix continuously interacts with the communities it serves to better understand their needs and provide purposeful interventions.
Brandix remains committed to making a positive impact and empowering those around them. Some of the company's notable initiatives include:
CARE FOR OUR OWN
With support from partners, Victoria’s Secret & Co.’s production and sourcing function, Brandix launched the Care for Our Own initiative in 2007 in an effort to provide convenient access to safe and fresh water supplies. As one of its signature projects, Care for Our Own has provided tube wells, deep wells and pipe-borne water directly to the homes of Brandix employees and their families.
To date, more than 4000 projects have been implemented across Sri Lanka, and, in many instances, supports far more individuals than the immediate beneficiary household as water supplies are often shared among neighbors. Benefiting more than 4,500 Brandix employees, the Care for Our Own program has made a tremendous impact for hundreds of Sri Lankan communities.
MODEL VILLAGE Project
Taking the Care for Our Own initiative a step further, Brandix developed the Model Village program in 2015 in an effort to provide water and sanitation solutions to key institutions and residents within the communities near their operations. This includes providing new water supply facilities or upgrading existing water supply infrastructure to schools, hospitals, places of worship, police stations and other critical locations.
Launched in 2015, the Model Village project initially focused on identifying and providing solutions to water-related issues within a five-kilometer radius of the company’s facilities. The program now extends to areas within a 10-kilometer radius of Brandix operations to empower and support people further afield.
358 Model Village benefitting over 310,000 people were completed including toilet and sanitation renovation assistance as well as access to safe drinking water.
RIGHT TO READ
Right To Read aims to provide students with access to the 'ReadToMe' English learning tool, developed by English Helper - India. In addition to this, the program installs interactive smartboards in schools across Sri Lanka, enabling students to read and comprehend English effectively. The initiative was launched in collaboration with the Sri Lanka Ministry of Education in 2018.
Since its inception, Brandix has installed smartboards and introduced 'ReadToMe' in 1,260 schools across the island, positively impacting the lives of 790,683 students. The ultimate goal of Right To Read is to establish the necessary infrastructure in over 10,000 schools, providing access to over 4 million students.