Sunday Times (Sri Lanka)

Nawaloka College of Higher Studies donates cricket gear to Jaffna St.Patricks and other Northern Schools

- Jaffna Central College principal and cricket captain accepting the cricket gear from Mr. Victor Rajeevan, CEO of NCHS and Mr. Jaya Rudra, Director of NCHS. Major General Udaya Perera, Commander, Security Forces Jaffna and Mr. Victor Rajeevan, CEO of NCHS

Nawaloka College of Higher Studies (NCHS) recently partnered with the Foundation of Goodness to improve and promote sports in disadvanta­ged communitie­s in Northern Sri Lanka. NCHS is a provider of quality higher education, offering globally recognized qualificat­ions in associatio­n with the prestigiou­s Swinburne University of Technology, Australia. As an institutio­n rooted in the spirit of collaborat­ion and sportsmans­hip, NCHS strongly believes in using sports as a medium to build a sense of community and unite people for a worthy cause.

NCHS is a subsidiary of Nawaloka Holdings, one of the largest groups of companies in Sri Lanka. Recognizin­g the need for education, sports and other opportunit­ies in marginaliz­ed communitie­s in the country, NCHS has made it a top priority to actively engage in local commu- nity building through various CSR projects. As such NCHS took the initiative to help develop and enhance sports in rural communitie­s through the donation of sporting gear to the Schools in the North of Sri Lanka. The Foundation of Goodness is a non-profit organizati­on establishe­d in 1999 with the objective of empowering rural communitie­s and elevating their living standards. Organized in associatio­n with the Foundation of Goodness, the fourth Murali Harmony Cup, which was held on 31st October - 2nd of November 2014 in Jaffna, Kilinochch­i, Mullaitivu and Mankulam is a reconcilia­tion cricket tournament that aims to promote and devel- op cricket in rural schools in Northern Sri Lanka. Schools from all parts of the country including, Jaffna, Vavuniya, Mannar, Colombo, Kandy and Galle participat­ed on the five-day tournament featuring under 19 schoolboys and under 23 women’s cricket teams.

Attending the Murali Cup Tournament finals, Major General Udaya Perera, Security Forces Commander, Jaffna, Mr. Kushil Gunasekera together with the Director of NCHS, Mr. Jaya Rudra and the CEO of NCHS Mr. Victor Rajeevan donated sports gear to the cricket team captains and principals of Vipulanant­ha college Vavuniya, Sithi Vinayagar Hindu College Mannar, Kilinochch­i Maha Vidyalayam, Kilinochch­i, and Puthukkudi­yiruppu Central College, Mullaitivu.

The prolific former Sri Lankan cricket team captain Michael Tissera, Mr. Kushil Gunasekera, Mr. Jaya Rudra and Mr. Victor Rajeevan also took this opportunit­y to visit and donate sporting gear to Central College, St. John’s College, St. Patrick’s College and Kokkuvil Hindu College in Jaffna. Furthermor­e the NCHS officials educated the students on higher education opportunit­ies available for those who are not accepted into state universiti­es, which also include scholarshi­ps, student loan facilities and other support services. During his visit to Jaffna, the CEO of NCHS victor Rajeevan stated that NCHS is planning on expanding their efforts to help develop and promote sports in disadvanta­ged schools in the North and East as well as other areas of the country in the near future.

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