Lanka-born German Senator assists Jaffna schools

Sri Lankan-born German senator Ian K. Karan has initiated several projects to uplift the infrastructure facilities of schools at his birth place in Point Pedro, Jaffna.

Senator Karan is also a former State Minister of Economic Affairs and Labour in Hamburg, Germany.

He handed over a schoolbus worth Rs. 1.8 million to Methodist Girls' High School, Point Pedro at a ceremony at the German Embassy premises in Colombo last week.

German Ambassador Jens Plotner noted that the Senator's gesture of reinvesting in his home town set an example for other Sri Lankan Tamils living abroad, who were eager to give back to their communities.

The Methodist Girls' School is a leading girls' school in the Northern Province. "We have over a 1,000 students in our school and each year our students participate in various competitions and tournaments across the Jaffna peninsula. But until the new bus was received we had to spend a lot of money on travelling," said Principal J/Methodist girls' High School, Point Pedro, S. Suntharesan.

The Lankan born-Senator is a former student of Hartley College, Point Pedro and left the island 40 years ago, according to the Embassy of Germany.