COLOMBO ; The second phase of the programme launched by the President’s Fund to provide free spectacles to university students was held Saturday.Nov. (07) at the University of Ruhuna.
A total of 458 students identified during the eye-screening clinic held on 10 October received spectacles at the event.
On the instructions of the President, the President’s Fund has made arrangements to extend this programme to all universities across the island. Today’s programme at the University of Ruhuna marked its second phase.
The programme is sponsored by the Stroud Rotary Club and the Wish Foundation in the United Kingdom.
The event was attended by Secretary to the President’s Fund and Senior Additional Secretary to the President Roshan Gamage, Member of the Board of Governors of the President’s Fund, Emeritus Professor J. R. P. Jayakody, Dean of the Faculty of Agriculture at the University of Ruhuna Senior Professor Guttilla Jayasinghe, Senior Student Counsellor Professor Sarath Wanniarachchi, representatives of student unions, students and representatives of the sponsoring organisations, among others.
