For the 11th consecutive year, People's Bank joined hands with the Employees' Trust Fund (ETF) to reward 9,000 children of ETF members who had excelled in the Grade 5 scholarship examination. Under Phase 1 of this initiative, ETF Chairman Sriyan de Silva Wijeyeratne presented the cheque for this purpose to His Excellency the Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa and People's Bank Chairman Sujeewa Rajapakse at an official event held at Temple Trees recently.

Foreign Minister G.L Peiris, ETF General Manager D.P.G. Fernando, People's Bank Chief Executive Officer/General Manager Ranjith Kodituwakku and Deputy General Manager (Retail Banking, Process Management and Quality Assurance) Renuka Jayasinghe, together with ETF Deputy General Manager (Social Services) W.G.K. Ratnayake, Assistant General Manager H.G.D.N. Prasanna, Scholarships Officer W.L.D. Krishanthi, and S.A.D.R.T. Dissanayake of the Scholarships Division took part in the event.