Sunday Times 2
Commonwealth Countries League elects new president
Nalini Paranavitane was elected unanimously as the President of the Commonwealth Countries League at the AGM held at the Tara Hotel in High Street, Kensington, London.
Nalini Paranavitane
The objectives of the League are to secure equalities of liberties, status and opportunities between men and women, promote mutual understanding and friendship throughout the Commonwealth countries, promote the education of girls and young women and link together women’s organisations throughout the Commonwealth. Nalini has achieved the objectives throughout and has nominated girls from Sri Lanka too to receive scholarships together with girls from other Commonwealth countries.
She launched the Street Children Focus 2000 project in the UK that continues to render valuable services to the promotion of the rights of the children. The project supported the Children’s Society in London by helping the Young Tenants project, Street Children project in Poona, Sierra Leone women’s appeal and water appeal, the Boys’ School Kandy, Tsunami projects in Sri Lanka and gave hope to children in the Tanzanian Health Project.
Nalini is a trustee of the Royal Commonwealth Society, UK, and an active member of the Soro- ptimist Club in the UK.