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Women's chamber provides ID card facility to affected women
By N. Dilshath Banu
The Women's Chamber of Industry and Commerce (WCIC) has initiated a programme to issue ID cards to women affected by the tsunami in order to get them back to business.

"Immediately after the tsunami, food and clothing were the priority for WCIC and we collected funds from our members and dispatched clothing particularly for women in Hambantota. But now to rebuild the lives of the people, ID cards are important.

With ID cards they could start their own business through legal means," Indira Kulatilake, Chairperson of the WCIC told reporters last week. The ID card project is to be implemented first in Dehiwala. When a new application form is created with a waiver on stamp fees, and legally accepted, the WCIC would contact the Grama seveka of the area and he will coordinate with the Department of Registration to complete the process. The WCIC will expand the ID card project to all the affected areas including the north and the east through the chambers that are already established there.

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