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Shopping Fiesta 2025
View(s):The Young Muslim Women’s League (YMWL) fundraiser ‘Shopping Fiesta 2025’ will be held on Wednesday, February 12 at the Rosewood Ceylon Banquet Hall, 56 Hospital Road, Dehiwela from 10 am to 8 pm.
A variety of products will be on sale including garments, household items, delicious food and many bargains and surprises. Contact 0772990583 for stall reservations and more details.
Located in Kirulapone, Colombo, the YMWL is a charitable organisation working for the welfare of the less privileged for more than 50 years. All funds collected from this fair will be utilised for their projects.
Some of the YMWL’s current projects are:
1. Granting of scholarships to underprivileged university students
2. Providing herbal porridge to expectant mothers and elderly people in the neighbourhood
3. Sponsoring a weekly lunch for about 70 students from a less affluent college in Colombo.
4. Running a crèche to help mothers in the neighbourhood to leave their children between the ages of 2-5 years while they are at work.
7. Assisting in maintaining and improving the Female Surgical Ward 11 at the Colombo South Teaching Hospital in Kalubowila, Dehiwela.