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Renovation of St.Sebastian Vidyalaya begins with a Rs 5 million donation from Dubai-based Saeeda Foundation

COLOMBO : St.Sebastian Sinhala Vidyalaya in Colombo 12 had started its renovation of the School building on Saturday Nov.4 with a fund from Saeeda Foundation in Dubai.

” We are grateful to the former provincial councillor Nauzer Fowzie for this noble project for  the development of education with a pledge of  Rs 5 million through the foundation,” school principal Roshani Preena Raban.

There was a ceremony at the school for the inauguration of the work on Saturday in the presence of Nauzer Fowzie came along with three ex-minsters, namely A H M Fowzie,  Ravi Karunanayake and Mano Ganesan. The donation was handed over the to Principal Raban.

Speaking on behalf of the Past Pupils Association, its vice president M R M Farzan said ; ” We the PPA are thrilled and encouraged with the presence of A H M Fowzie a proud son of St Sebastian, who was able to reach the peak as a Muslim citizen.”

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