Homagama Maha Vidyalaya wins school drama competition

Wehelle Piyathilaka, Maharagama special corr.

MAHARAGAMA: To mark the World Red Cross day Colombo district Red Cross Society conducted a short drama competition among the schools in the Colombo district.

The theme of the competition was 'Serve the Mankind'. The drama Apekama of Homagama Maha Vidyalaya won the first place and Maharagama Youth Group won the 2nd place and the 3rd place was secured by Mahamaya Balika Vidyalaya, Nugegoda.

The awards presentation ceremony for the drama competition and the anniversary ceremony was held, at D. S. Senanayake Vidyalaya, Borella recently. Five old members of the Red Cross Society who had served for the upliftment of mankind through Red Cross movement were honoured and felicitated at the ceremony.

They are the Country Director of CCF-Sri Lanka (Christian Children's Fund) Gamini Pinnalawatte, Monty Samarasekara, Piyasiri Rajapaksa, D. M. Sumanadasa, H. S. Siriwardane and M. D. Manathunga.

"Red Cross does not wait till the needy comes to them. They go to the needy and help him. That is the policy of the Red Cross Movement," said the National President of the Sri Lanka Red Cross movement, Jagath Abeysinghe.

The country coordinator of the Japan Red Cross Society Takotho Misawaki, the chairman of the youth unit of Colombo Red Cross Society Janitha Wickramasinghe, members of the youth unit Gayan Wasantha, Isuru Maduranga, Ajith Amarasuriya and Kumari Kotalawala were present.