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Of the 39 Community Preschools, German donor ‘FLY and HELP’ has built 20; musician It was a good project and I did it with
and business personality Sunil Malawana, the Mahakochchikodiya Community
Preschool in Vavuniya; and the 39 Community Preschool in Vavuniya’s remote a good heart for the poor children
th
Weheratenna has been donated by well-known cricketer Roshan Mahanama, having of Vavuniya. The army constructed
built it with his own funds.
the preschool and once the work was
The Community Preschools may be in different geographical regions of Sri Lanka but
the common thread binding them together is the sense of ‘possession’ that the parents completed, there was Rs. 100,000
have that they are “ape gamey iskole”. remaining and school bags were bought

People visiting these villages stop to admire the bright and beautiful little Community for these children.
Preschool and the feeling on seeing it is that “gamata ira pewwa wage” (as if the sun is
shining on the village).
Sunil Malawana
Musician & business personality

Mr. Steven Enderby spends time with the children of the Bandarawela Community Preschool.

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