Army to uplift living standards

Major General in a bid to improve living standards of Jaffna people:

Ananda Pathiraja - North Central Province in Jaffna

Commander Security Forces - Jaffna (SF-J) Major General Mahinda Hathurusinghe stated that Army has been able to get the support of donor organizations and individuals from the South in the Army's effort to improve living standard of needy families in Jaffna. Maj Gen Hathurusinghe expressed these ideas on Wednesday, March 2 attending another CIMIC (Civil Military Coordination) project to hand over cows to poor milk farmers in the peninsula.

Jaffna-based Army troops by now have launched many civic-oriented welfare projects to assist destitute families by way of constructing houses, offering scholarships and giving various types of donations.

During Wednesday's function organized by Jaffna Civil Affairs and Public Relations Office to coincide the Maha Shiva Rathri Hindu festival, 22 cows were handed over to Jaffna milk farmers who were given special training on Cattle Rearing and Animal Husbandry at Seeppukulama Government Agriculture Training Centre by Civil Affairs Office.

Speaking a few words in Tamil langauge for the crowd present on the occasion, SF-J Commander said that improvement of the economy of Jaffna people as a result of these activities is his only hope.

16 cows were donated by the Army Farm Palaly while six others were donated by Maliban Milk Company.

Commander awarded scholarships to five poor students sponsored by Chief Incumbent Sri Lankaramaya Buddhist Meditation Centre in Nicosia, Cypress Ven Morawaka Soratha Nayaka Thera. Fifty more students received parcels of exercise books and boxes of Mathematical equipment from the Jaffna Commander and Senior Army Officers on the same occasion.