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Children must help elders Today's children do not know the value of elders. When elders are old, weak and feeble, their children sometimes neglect them and do not give a helping hand. So they fall into a miserable condition. Due to this reason the country needs elders' homes to help them, said Ven. Madukurumulle Wijitha Thera, Viharadhipathi Sri Sudharmalankara Maha Viharaya, Lunuwila, Kirimetiyana in the Wennappuwa electorate when he addressed the gathering of students and presents attended the distribution of prizes and certificates to the students of the Sudharmodaya Dhamma School of the Kirimetiyana Maha Viharaya. The Viharadhipathi Yogiyana Jayasundararamaya and the Secretary Dankotuwa Sasanaraksaka Bala Mandalaya Ven. Yogiyana Sobhitha Thera presided over the meeting. Ven. Wijitha Thera further said he understood the sad situation of the elders and was able to establish an elders' home at the Kirimetiyana Temple junction together with a dispensary which was handed over to the government administration. He also said he could start a pre-school too with the aid from the Netherlands for the benefit of kids, and would start a public library in the near future. BIDTI Course on Diplomacy and International Relations1121 The Bandaranaike International Diplomatic Training Institute will inaugurate its next General Course on July 19 for a duration of four months. This represents the 19th General Course in the series. It attracts an average of 100 participants who are representatives of the key sectors of this country, which are public servants, business world, financial organisations, post graduate students, professional officers, Army, Navy, Police and Air Force personnel. The Course is focussed on Diplomacy and the International Scene. This course is also well known for the high calibre of its guest lecturers who are the most eminent in Sri Lanka and the international scene. Apart from lectures there are practical sessions where aspects of diplomacy are demonstrated. The course is held three days a week, Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday with two lectures from 5.30 p.m. to 7.30 p.m. states a BIDTI press release. She needs your help J. D. Shiromi Chathurika (4 1/2) of Kotuwalpola, in Balangoda is suffering from an acute heart ailment. Dr. Aruna Kapuruge, Consultant Cardio-thoracic Surgeon, Sri Jayawardhanapura General Hospital has recommended an urgent surgery for repair of A.S.D. to save her life. The cost of the surgery is estimated of Rs. 235,000. Chathurika's father T. D. Gnanakirthi says that he is unable to foot this bill due to his present economic plight. He has sought assistance from the President's Fund to meet a part of the cost. He requests financial assistance from generous public to meet the balance cost and save his daughter's life. All contributions should be remitted to the Account Number 207-024288-3 at the People's Bank, Balangoda branch. All Island Schools Essay Competition All Island Schools Essay Competition of the Education Division of HelpAge Sri Lanka will be conducted this year too, with the participation of all the schools throughout the country. The competition is broadbased encompassing relevant topics pertaining to the theme of the concept of caring for the older generation. It is held in all three languages and the closing date is July 31, 2004. Nimal Ranatunga, Director, Education Division, HelpAge Sri Lanka, stated that the main objective of the competition is to create an awareness in students - the younger generation - one the concept of caring for elders and to inculcate a positive, wholesome and desirable attitude towards the caring of elders. Moreover he emphasised the fact that this exercise would certainly tend to develop the language skills of the students. Dark era for fibre industry There are hundreds of fibre mills successfully operated in this area and suburbs in the past, but at present more than 50 percent of them are not operated and some are about to cease production, and out of the rest some mills work only 2-3 days per week with the intention of keeping the labourers not allowing them to wander about and also to give a helping hand to earn their living. The major two problems for the drawback of the industry were the lack of machinemen and secondly the lack of husks in these areas. It is said there were a few old men who are skilled to operate fibre drums are attached to the industry on very high daily payments with all facilities and young men do not practise to operate fibre drums. Partition of lands into small portions and sale under auctions were the second major reason for not having husks to run the industry. Due to these reasons some fibre millers have started fibre cutting machines which resulted only mixed fibre without No. 1 Bristol fibre and for doing this the millers had to go to distant areas on fetching husks competitively. Seven coops to purchase paddy from farmers Seven co-operative Societies in the Dambulla Multi-Purpose Co.op. Union - have taken steps to purchase paddy. This has been so decided on an initiative taken by the Minister of Provincial Councils Janaka Tennekoon. The Minister addressing the meeting of the Kandama Farmers' Association said Economic Institution of Dambulla area should attempt to give priority for the economic needs of the area so as to ameliorate the economic standard of the people. The Minister also said measurers to empower the conditions of the rural farmers will be introduced shortly. |
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