Poverty stricken bright student needs help

Victor Marambage Talawa Group Corr.

J. P. Shanika Anjalie Jayalath of Kuda Bellankadawala, Malwanegama got through her G. C. E. O/L examination last year with ten 'A' passes she is a product of Bellankadawala Novodya school. She is the only student to obtain 10 A passes in her school. But to gain this distinction she had to fight a hard battle.

She has no proper home The house is a tin-roofed mud-walled affair with room only, one for sleeping and other for her studies. She studied under the light of a kerosene lamp seated on a mat on the floor.

She did not go for any extra classes as she was unable to afford them.

She thanks her school principal Sarath Wijesinghe and her teachers for the support given to her in pursuing her studies. Sheer determination drove her for this achievement. Her mother is mentally retarded and goes to Anuradhapura General Hospital for treatment. Her father earns their living on daily labour, which is almost insufficient to support five children.

Anjalie has an aim, she wants to be a doctor and save her family, from the state they are now in.

She wants to study science subjects but unfortunately her school has no facilities.

She expects to go to Anuradhapura Central College. But her poverty does not allow this.

Her elder sister has also got through her Advanced Level examination with 3 A passes and is awaiting for University entrance.

Anjalie expects assistance from philanthropists for pursuing her higher studies which at the moment is deprived to her due to her poverty. She requests any financial or material assistance to be provided to her through the Principal of Maha Bellankadawala Navodya School Malwanegama.