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| Sunday, 26 October 2003 |
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'Dreams and Teams' Global Sports Festival highly commended Sri Lanka is one of the 20 countries that joined 'Dreams and Teams' project as they joined concurrently in activities throughout the world in running a global sports festival. Sri Lanka became the first country from the South Asian region to share the ideals with others in the Asian region. In Sri Lanka the programme got off the ground on October 17 when young leaders encouraged by the Youth Sports Trust UK and the British Council held their sports festival for around 125 children aged 7 to 9 at Royal College Sports Complex. The chief guest at the Global Sports Festival was Dr. Karunasena Kodituwakku, Minister of Human Resource Development, Education and Cultural Affairs. There were officials of the British Council parents and friends. There were 19 young leaders - 10 from D. S. Senanayake College and 9 from Berrewerts College, Kandy and these young leaders were guided by six other officials. The 125 participants - mostly grade 4 students were drawn from seven schools - Lyceum International School, the School for the Deaf Ratmalana, Sri Jayawardenapura Balika, Hindu Ladies College, Sri Sangamitta Balika, D. S. Senanayake College and Visakha Vidyalaya. The young leaders did a fine job in getting the attention of the boys and girls fixed on the programme that they had drawn up and a festive air was prevalent with dances from the girls schools with oriental and western music thrown in to keep the young ones entertained. Chief guest Dr. Karunasena Kodituwakku said that a heavy price was paid by Sri Lanka due to the ethnic war and it was appropriate that festivals of this nature will bring the Sinhala, Tamil and Muslim communities together so that all can live in peace and harmony. The Minister thanked the British Council in taking the lead role in bringing interaction among the different communities and the training the young leaders was a commendable move. |
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