SEWMA to uplift low income families in Kalutara district

Kalutara District Group Correspondent

The SEWMA (SEDEL) Development Foundation has provided a series of welfare services to overcome the socio-economic hardships faced by the low income families for the past four years in the Kalutara district.

SEDEL President Deshamanya Mahesh Athapattu said the foundation is engaged in overcoming the socio-economic hardships faced by the poor and other needy public requirements in the district.

He said the foundation functioning entirely using his personal wealth is doing a humble service to cater to the needs of the poor.

The foundation is to assist the poor in their essential socio-economic requirements. It has donated books and other stationery to a large number of students of low income families in the district.

The foundation has provided employments to the youth of the low income families who have left their schools.

He said the foundation has provided a series of welfare services to the people in the Kalutara and Wadduwa areas who were displaced due to the tsunami.

The foundation is now engaged in providing training and basic facilities to a group of 500 girls on sweetmeats production.

All these public services are provided by the foundation for the people's welfare irrespective of any political differences, he added.