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Foundation of Visually Impaired Women celebrate International Women’s Day today
View(s):The Foundation of Visually Impaired Women and the Sri Lanka Visually Impaired Graduate Women’s Wing have made arrangements to celebrate International Women’s Day today, Sunday, March 22 at 9.30 a.m. at the headquarters of the Foundation at No. 74, Church Street, Slave Island, Colombo 2.
The current President Violet Yakandawala is the first ever visually impaired female graduate from the Peradeniya University, where she obtained a BA Honours degree.
The Foundation of Visually Impaired Women was established way back in 1999 and grants scholarships to visually impaired University students especially from the lower income groups and provides several other services such as educational lectures and medical clinics to both young and elderly visually impaired women.
Present at today’s celebrations will be the Foundation’s Patron Col. Udula Krishnaratne, during whose tenure as President of the Sri Lanka Federation for University Women , that a Visually Impaired Graduates Wing was established in 2012. Among the speakers today will be advisor Chitra Mendis, Dean of the Faculty of International Affairs of the Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology, Dr. Mahesha Kapurubandara and Head of the Department of Sociology of the University of Colombo Dr. Chandani Liyanage.
Visually Impaired Graduates will provide several choral contributions. All are welcome.