Financial assistance provided to 39 families
Financial assistance was provided yesterday to 39 families who lost their loved ones in the Easter Sunday terror attacks, as part of Vesak observances at Colombo’s Gangaramaya yesterday.
At the event presided over by Ven. Kirinde Assaji Thera of the Gangaramaya Temple at the Seemamalakaya, family members of those who died in the blasts at the three hotels were provided financial assistance from the temple’s Buddha Rashmi Fund and contributions from the Kalutara Bodhiya Trust and the World Peace Association which is involved in promoting world peace. Distributing the donations were Colombo’s Archbishop Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith, Samba siva ku rukk al ofKo mp ann ave edi ya’ s Siva Subramaniam Kovil and Wekande mosque’s Chief Khateeb M. Muzni Ameer.