News in brief

Japanese tourists visit Lanka

A group of 13 tourists from Japan visited Sri Lanka last week. This is the first tour conducted by JTB Media, the biggest tour operator in Japan after the devastating tsunami. Each one of them contributed Yen 10,000 as a donation to tsunami affected children.

They made this donation of US$ 1,202 to the Future For Children Foundation funded by Samudrarama Temple in Ahungalla. Here chief priest of the temple Ven. Ahungalle Wimaladamma Tissa Thera, who initiated this project and the group members who made the donation.

Also in the picture are the students of Sunday School who participated at the ceremony. SriLankan Airlines in Tokyo has given a special discount on air tickets for this group to make this tour a success.

Ground handling and coordination of this tour was done by Aitken Spence Travels.

Help save little Nuwangi

Four-month-old baby T. R. Nuwangi Sansala, daughter of T. R. Asoka Pushpakumara of Maththamagoda, Kannathota, Ruwanwella, in the Yatiyantota DS Division is suffering from Fallots Tetrology disease.

The child is being treated by Y. K. M. Lahie, MS, FRCS, Consultant Cardiac Surgeon of Nawaloka Hospital. The surgeon recommends that the child should undergo a surgery for total correction and the cost of the entire package will be Rs. 350,000.

Baby's parents say they are unable to foot this bill due to their present financial plight and request philanthropists and the general public to send whatever financial contributions possible to help expedite the surgery.

All contributions should be remitted to Account Number 1-028949-1 at the Bank of Ceylon, Ruwanwella branch.