The National Integration and Reconciliation Ministry under the guidance of Maithiripala Sirisena, conducted a programme to orient over 1,000 Sunday religious school teachers of all faith on reconciliation and peace building.
The programme was held in Hindu Cultural Hall in Trincomalee under the patronage of Opposition Leader R. Sampanthan.
The programme aims at imparting knowledge on reconciliation and peace building to religious school teachers and empowering them as peace messengers / peace advocates and change agents to enable them to impart the knowledge to schoolchildren, ministry sources said.
National Integration and Reconciliation State Minister A.H.M. Fowze, Eastern Province Govenor Rohitha Bogollagama and Eastern Province Chief Minister Nazeer Ahamed also participated.
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