Shraddha TV spearheads rebuilding of landslide affected school in Matara

2 November 2017 12:00 am Views - 4273

Mahamevana Buddhist Monastery Honorary Adviser Hiniduma Nanda Thero and Shradda Media Network Honorary Adviser Aludeniye Subodhi Thero chanting at the foundation stone laying ceremony.

 

Civil Defence Department Projects Director Colonel W.M. Karunapala, Southern Province Education Minister Chandima Rasaputhra, Shradda Media Network Director Roshan Wanninayake, Law and Order and Southern Development Minister Sagala Ratnayaka, Dialog Axiata PLC Group Chief Marketing Officer Amali Nanayakkara, Defence Ministry Military Welfare Assistant Director Pathum Hewage and Kalubovitiyana Maha Vidyalaya Principal K.G. Mahindasa

 

 

Shraddha Media Network in partnership with the Maha Karuna Buddhist Society Malaysia, Theravada Buddhist Council Malaysia, Ministry of Defence, Ministry of Disaster Management and Dialog Axiata PLC commenced the construction of a new building for landslide-affected Kalubovitiyana Maha Vidyalaya in the district of Matara.

The foundation stone laying ceremony took place on the 20th of October, 2017. A single storey classroom building that is 80-feet by 25-feet will be constructed for Kalubovitiyana Maha Vidyalaya. The initiative is funded by Shraddha Media Network, Maha Karuna Buddhist Society – Malaysia and the Theravada Buddhist Council – Malaysia, whilst civil construction services will be contributed at no cost by the Ministry of Defence with participation from Civil Defence personnel of Sri Lanka, monitoring and supervision by the Ministry of Disaster Management and overall project coordination by Dialog Axiata PLC.

Mahamevana Buddhist Monastery Honorary Adviser Hiniduma Nanda Thero, Shraddha Media Network Honorary Adviser Aludeniye Subodhi Thero, Law and Order, Southern Development Minister Sagala Ratnayaka, Southern Province Education Minister Chandima Rasaputhra, Shraddha Media Network Chairman Sudath Jayasundara, Defence Ministry Military Welfare Assistant Director Pathum Hewage, Civil Defence Department Projects Director Colonel W.M. Karunapala and Dialog Axiata PLC Group Chief Marketing Officer Amali Nanayakkara also graced the foundation stone laying ceremony as special invitees.