The Alumni Association of the University of Peradeniya Colombo Chapter (AAUP-CC) and Peradeniya Engineering Faculty Alumni Association-Colombo (PEFAA-CC) financially assist 300 needy students for six months with the help of donors under a Working Students Assistantship program (WSAP). The WSAP is a short-term placement of undergraduates as trainees with externship providers within the University. The program aims to assist the students financially while developing their career skills towards a successful and self-led future. Jobs have been created in all nine faculties and other entities of the University under the program and offer students flexible working hours to suit their academic timetable. The program was introduced at the University Grants Commission under the patronage of the UGC Chairman Prof Sampath Amaratunga. Peradeniya University Vice Chancellor Prof M.D Lamawansa and Peradeniya University Career Guidance unit Director Prof Dileep De Silva, The President of the Alumni Association of the University of Peradeniya Colombo Chapter and the Alumni Association of the Faculty of Engineering Colombo Chapter Eng. Vipula Jayampathi and 20 representatives including officials from the alumni Associations also participated.