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| Sunday, 7 December 2003 |
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Dialog "Change Trust Fund" partnering for Education in Jaffna Dialog GSM, in Sri Lanka's premier cellular network and pioneer of several state-of-the-art mobile telecommunications, through its community development arm CHANGE Trust Fund extended it partnership for education with the Asia Foundation towards the Northern Provinces of Sri Lanka. The Asia Foundation's "Books for Asia" program donates English language educational & professional materials to hundreds of Sri Lankan institutions and organizations. These texts, which would otherwise be unaffordable and unobtainable, are selected by the recipient institutions themselves to ensure that they are appropriate for their needs. With a renewed emphasis on English-language education in Sri Lanka, the "Books for Asia" program is more important now than ever to the nation's future. This contribution will facilitate to distribute 2000 technical books and is expected to cover the cost of freight, warehousing and administration. The 2000 books were distributed among the following 5 universities in Sri Lanka. University of Jaffna - Faculty of Science, Faculty of Computer Science, University of Peradeniya - Faculty of Engineering, University of Moratuwa - Faculty of Engineering, University of Ruhuna - Faculty of Engineering, Eastern University - Faculty of Science, Faculty of Computer Science Final donation of books for year 2003 was held at the Jaffna University on the 23rd of October 2003, Dialog GSM CEO - Dr. Hans Wijesuriya officially handed over 400 technical books to the Vice Chancellor Prof. Mohanadas at Engineering Faculty, present at the occasion were Mr. Nushad Perera - GM - Sales & Marketing Dialog GSM and Mr. Rajkumar - Executive, MIS, Mr. Nallathamby from Asia Foundation and the Librarian - Mrs. Pararajasekaram.Speaking on the occasion Prof. Mohanadas stated "That the books selected are very useful and valuable to the university and this kind of gesture is also a source of encouragement to the students. I am happy to note that Dialog GSM has not only set a landmark as a leading wireless institution in the world but also extended the charitable arm to various activities that deserve a helping hand". |
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