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All-Island Siddhalepa Kekulu Children’s Art Competition:

Nourishing creative talents

“A generation of children endowed with positive values and attitudes is the future of our fast developing island nation.” - First Lady

First Lady Shiranthi Wickremasinghe Rajapaksa made this statement recently at the J R Jayewardene Centre in Colombo, where she was Chief Guest at the presentation of medals and awards to the winners of the All-Island Siddhalepa Kekulu Children's Art Competition.

The Art Competition was organized by the Siddhalepa Group of companies. Five thousand preschools participated in it and a total of 150,000 drawings had been presented of which 900 were selected at district and provincial levels for the final competition, which was adjudged by leading artists. They selected 100 of the best children's drawings that qualified for prizes and certificates.

Mrs Rajapaksa commended the work of a private sector business entity in identifying the latent talents of our children and presenting them to the nation. “In the task of building an enlightened citizenry the first step is to nurture our children at a young age in artistic activities and develop their creativity. Art competitions such as the Siddhalepa Kekulu Competition are a powerful impetus to personality growth, inculcation of leadership qualities, development of self-confidence and self-esteem, flowering of the capacities and instilling a sense of discipline among our children,” she said.

Chairman of the Siddhalepa Group of Companies Dr Victor Hettigoda said that the objective of the Kekulu Art Competition was to produce a generation of intelligent and disciplined children by nourishing their creative talents at the pre-school stage.

J A Chathuki Amasa of the Kurunegala Janapriya Pre-school in the North Western Province won the first prize, Manushi Devumini of the Dambulla Nippon Pre-school in the Central Province the second prize and Kasi Udampath of the Tangalle Carlton Pre-school in the Southern Province won the third prize in the Competition.

The prizes and certificates were distributed by the First Lady to whom Dr Hettigoda presented a special token in appreciation of her distinguished work for the welfare of children and women.

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