Nilwala Lions support Little Hearts

Text and pic by PRIYAN DE SILVA 

The Lions Club of Matara Nilwala donated the proceeds collected from the project initiative by Lion Ariyasena Warusahennedi and Lion lady Nimala Chandrani to the Little Hearts project of the Lady Ridgeway Children’s Hospital recently.

District Governor Lion District 306A2 Lion Buddika Rathnayake handed over the cheque for Rupees One Hundred Thousand to Project Director of Little Hearts project, Dr Duminda Samarasinghe.

The ‘Little Hearts’ project is an initiative to collect rupees 2,440 million for the construction of a 12-storey Cardiac and Critical Care Complex at the Lady Ridgeway Children’s Hospital to provide equal quality treatment to every child. The fund is nearing the half way mark and construction work is in progress.

President of the Lions Club of Matara Nilwala Lion Nirmal Ilangamge, Director Lahiru Kodippilli, District Cabinet officers Lion Dharmasiri de Silva, Lion Ashhar Hameem, Lion Ariyasena Warusahennedi and Lion lady Nimala Chandrani were present at the occasion.