Plus

There is an urgent need for blood. All who are in the age group 18 – 60 and weighing over 50 kg are eligible to donate blood every four months. A blood donation campaign is being organised by the Lions Club of Oruwela and the Shrama Shakthi Organisation, together with the Police. This campaign will be conducted on July 27 at ‘Life Plus’ Hospital, No. 259, Pannipitiya Road, Pelawatte Junction, Battaramulla, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. The organisers appeal for volunteers to donate a pint of blood, which could save a life.

AGM of Tellippalai – Mahajana College OSA, Colombo

The twelfth Annual General Meeting of the Tellippalai – Mahajana College, Old Students’ Association, Colombo branch was held on June 24 at the Bambalapitiya Community Centre Hall.

The following were elected as Office Bearers for 2006/2007: Patrons – Principal, Tellippalai Mahajana College, S. Dhanabala, T. Lankanesan, T. P. Murugaiah, S, Sivabaskaran, President – S. Srikananathan, Vice President – V. S. Ganeshalingam, S. Kathirkamathamby, K. V. Mahathevan, Rajeswary Shanmugaratnam, R. Selvaskanthan, S. P. Thiruarul, Joint Secretaries – V. Balachandran, R. Roghithan, Treasurer – S. Jeyavarman, Assistant Treasurer – S. Anandakrishna, Pathmini Sathananthan, Committee Members – J. Jeyakanthan, K. Jeyaram, Dr. Mithilie Thavakumaran, Nesapoopathy Nagarajan, E. Panchanathan, Sivakumari Suntharalingam, S. Sivaneswaran, Honorary Auditor – A. Ganeshalingam

Fire on ice from LC’s OGA

The Ladies’ College Old Girls’ Association dinner-dance, ‘Fire on Ice’, will be held at the Waters Edge on July 29. Bands Gypsies and Misty will be in attendance. The dance is being held after eight years.

Memorial oration at Musaeus

Visakha Tillekeratne joins a long list of distinguished past students of Musaeus College to deliver this year’s Marie Musaeus Higgins – Peter de Abrew Memorial Oration 2006 on July 28 at the college auditorium. The topic of her lecture will be ‘Spirit of Marie Musaeus Higgins in Public Services’.

Visakha, presently a Programme Officer at the United Nations World Food Programme, is a graduate in chemistry with a Master of Science in Food Technology in Developing Countries from King’s College, University of London. She obtained the Berridge Bursary Trust Award, while pursuing her Master’s degree. She also obtained a scholarship and followed PhD studies at Imperial College, University of London on the bio-chemistry of sorghum.

Competitions for World Children’s Day

To commemorate World Children’s Day on October 1, 2006, the Centre for the Study of Human Rights, University of Colombo, together with the Equal Access to Justice of the United Nations Development Programme has organised an island-wide short story and poster competition. Students may participate in Sinhala, Tamil or English medium. Winners will receive prizes and certificates.

Selected short stories and posters will be published. Those interested are requested to send short stories and posters by registered post or hand them in on or before August 15. For more information write to Centre for the Study of Human Rights, Faculty of Law building, University of Colombo, Reid Avenue, Colombo 07 or phone 011-2500879, 011-2503017 or 011-2589118.

Ahasing Watunu Minissu at the Lumbini

R. R. Samarakoon’s Ahasing Watunu Minissu, which won four Awards at the Drama festival in 1971, will go on the boards at 7.00 p.m. at the Lumbini Theatre on July 27.

The play will also be staged on July 28 at Bandarawela, July 30 at Borella, August 18 at Kurunegala and on August 27 at Bandaragama. The cast includes Thilak Kumara Ratnayake, Ramya Wanigasekera, Geetha Kanthy Jayakody, Wickrema Seneviratne and Ravindra Ariyarathne.