New school building for tsunami affected children

Gintota: A newly constructed school building at Gintota Sri Medhankara Maha Vidyalaya will be handed over to the Principal and the students today at a ceremony at the new building site at Gintota. The handing over of the school comes when Sri Lanka completes the second year of tsunami catastrophe.

Though two years have passed many are yet to be back to their homes; children await good school buildings. Many have come forward to help in the hour of dire need. This is one such story. A recent media coverage disclosed difficulties and sufferings that the students undergo at Gintota Maha Vidyalaya where classes are conducted in several temporary sheds since tsunami.

A corporal social responsibility mission taken up by Islandwide Marketing Services (Pvt) Ltd. and Semini Motors (Pvt) Ltd. has reached its goal to facilitate and support the education of tsunami victimised children by constructing modern school building at Sri Medhankara Maha Vidyalaya, Gintota. The first phase of their corporate social responsibility was the establishing of a foster parent support scheme for 650 selected tsunami victim children in 2005.

The distribution of sponsorships and a package containing two school uniforms, schoolbooks, a school bag and a monthly allowance of Rs. 1,000 for each child was inaugurated by First Lady Shiranthi Rajapaksa. This programme currently continues under the guidance and monitoring by Rev. Haputale Pannarama of Sahanoda Foundation of Aththidiya.