COLOMBO – Chanditha Samaranayake, independent consultant of the Gates Foundation, met with the Secretary to the President Dr. Nandika Sanath Kumanayake at the Presidential Secretariat this Thursday morning Oct. (03) and engaged in a discussion.
The Gates Foundation’s projects related to upliftment of agriculture in Sri Lanka, improvement of children’s nutrition including provision of school lunch, development of human resources in the public and private sectors, livestock, climate change etc. were discussed at length, the President’s Media Division (PMD) said
Chanditha Samaranayake, who pointed out the importance of digitization for the implementation of the new government’s anti-corruption policy, also said that the Gates Foundation is ready to provide financial, technical and advisory support for the digitization projects implemented by the government.
Senior Additional Secretary to the President Mr. Roshan Gamage also participated in the meeting, the PMD reported.
