The second phase of the programme launched by the President’s Fund to provide free spectacles to university students was held on Saturday (07) at the University of Ruhuna.
A total of 458 students identified during an eye-screening clinic held on 10 October received spectacles under the programme.
On the instructions of the President, the President’s Fund has made arrangements to extend the programme to all universities across the island. The event held at the University of Ruhuna marked the second phase of the initiative.
The programme is sponsored by the UK-based Stroud Rotary Club and Wish Foundation.
Those present included Secretary to the President’s Fund and Senior Additional Secretary to the President Roshan Gamage; Board of Governors member of the President’s Fund, Emeritus Professor J. R. P. Jayakody; Dean of the Faculty of Agriculture at the University of Ruhuna, Senior Professor Guttilla Jayasinghe; Senior Student Counsellor Professor Sarath Wanniarachchi; and Wish Foundation Chairman Mihira Wickramarachchi.
Representatives of student unions, university students and the sponsoring organisations also attended the event. (Newswire)
