CIC Agri Businesses has established RUHUSEF - Rural Humanity Services Foundation, a non-profit organisation under which the company conducts CSR activities, with an emphasis on uplifting rural education.

CIC continues the practice of presenting scholarships, awarding 50 CIC Pohora scholarships to selected Grade Five students from the North Central Province. Link Natural, a subsidiary of CIC, also rewarded high achieving employees' children who had excelled in the Grade Five and O/Level examinations with scholarships.

Mindful of the fact that youth should be educated on the values, virtues, traditions and culture of their homeland, CIC Agri Businesses conducted a series of seminars under the title 'Danumadanaya for O/Level and A/Level students'. At the conclusion of the seminars, the students received gifts of stationary.

An informative website in both Sinhala and Tamil (www.navagoviya.org) was developed and launched for rural farmers, as a tool for accessing basic agricultural knowledge. The site shares information on the cultivation of common crops, management practices and pest and disease control, among other topics. Fifty Nenasala Centres give farmers access to the website, and CIC Agri Businesses has conducted a residential training programme for seventy Nenasala Officers.

CIC continued its initiative of teaching English to students in the Hingurakgoda District. An average of 80 students eagerly participated in these classes, which are conducted twice a week.

For the second consecutive year, CIC Agri Businesses conducted the quest of identifying the country's best farmer in an islandwide competition. Selected by an independent panel of judges comprising experts from the Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Agriculture and CIC Agri Businesses, the winner is selected from a shortlist of 36 farmers.

The CIC Charitable and Educational Trust Fund supports the children of employees and other deserving children. The Fund presently focuses on supporting children who excel at the Grade 5 Scholarship Examination, the Ordinary Level Examination, and deserving undergraduates.

Sourcing blood for critically ill patients is a continuous problem faced by the Blood Bank. To assist in this national cause, CIC held its second annual blood donation campaign with the participation of employees from all subsidiaries as well as valued business partners.

A Medical Clinic for farmers and their families was conducted at the CIC Seed Farms in Hingurakgoda and Pelwehera where four doctors examined 500 persons over two days. Where required, basic medication was dispensed free of charge.

One of our most successful flagship projects within the CIC Group, the Dulux Child Protection Trust Fund (DCPTF) was launched in 2001 by Akzo Nobel Paints Lanka (Pvt) Limited to aid the prevention of child abuse. The DCPTF provides financial assistance to needy children and to institutions engaged in caring for abused children, while creating public awareness on the rights of children with the aim of eradicating child abuse in Sri Lanka. Parents and adults, including teachers and caregivers, are also educated on the dangers abused children may encounter and potential signs of abuse.

The DCPTF has implemented several successful projects in the past including the STOP Child Abuse Campaign in association with the Leo Club, educating 70 children at the Sanhinda Children's Home in Meegoda and funding a 'Train the Trainer' programme for caregivers at 25 children's homes.

In 2009, the DCPTF conducted a range of activities, including: