Houses for war heroes
Api Wenuwen Api third phase:
War heroes in Matara and Hambantota districts will receive 36 houses
today under the third phase of the Api Wenuwen Api program.
The ceremony will be held under President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s
patronage today.
The President will hand over keys to war heroes at a special function
organized by the Defence Ministry at Marakirilipana Primary School in
Deniyaya, Matara.
The Api Wenuwen Api Fund is a concept of President Rajapaksa and
after years of hard work and dedication by Defence Secretary Gotabhaya
Rajapaksa.
The fund has succeeded in providing hundreds of houses to war heroes
across the country while catering for many other social welfare matters
of service personnel in combined forces and Police. Fifty two houses
were given to service personnel in Kandy and Kurunegala districts in the
first and second phase of the project. |