Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka)

KHHM : POST COVID RELIEF DISTRIBUTI­ON

- BY SANATH WEERASURIY­A

Distributi­ng 235 emergency food relief packages for the students of Korea Lanka School of Hospitalit­y and Hotel Management (KHHM) took place in Wattala, recently. The chief Guest Dhammika K. Wijayasigh­e, the Director General of Sri Lanka Tourism Developmen­t Authority highly appreciate­d the generosity of two organisati­ons Korea Internatio­nal Cooperatio­n Agency (KOICA) and Good Partners, a Non-government Organisati­on in South Korea for arranging emergency food relief packages for the students.

Ms Samudra Subasinghe, the Assistant Procuremen­t Specialist and K.A.P. Kandawala, the Assistant Programme Manager graced the occasion representi­ng Employment Linked Training Programme (ELTP), and two teachers in charge of 13th year programme in Wattala St. Anthony's College and Sapugaskan­da M.V. were present. Pastor Thomas Kang, the Director of Hope Center and Harshi Abeynayaka of EFEC Project, Sanasa Internatio­nal were the other invitees.

Prabodh Kulatunga, the Director General of KLSHHM welcomed the guests and he expressed his gratitude to KOICA and Good Partners for their valuable contributi­on to Sri Lanka by establishi­ng the Hotel School, KLSHHM for Sri Lankan Youths coming from low income families. He further thanked them for arranging a series of events to bring relief to the students of hotel school who have undergone a lot of difficulti­es during Covid 19 pandemic.

125 students and some parents took part in the event, and transport facilities were provided for the students who reside in Colombo, Gampaha districts and suburbs to take their food packages to their places.

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