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Kuwait Model Village for Sri Lankan Tsunami Victims |
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By IOL Staff |
May 01,2005 |
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Kuwait Joint Relief Committee, arepresentative body of several Islamic charities based in Kuwait, recently signed an MOU with the government of SriLanka to establish a model village in Ollikulam, Kattankudi, in the Batticaloa district to rehabilitate families of the tsunami disaster.This village, with modern infrastructure, will consist of 120 houses. The government will provide the required land. A high level delegation of the Joint Relief Committee from Kuwait visited Ollikulam and inspected the site. The visit was arranged by former deputy minister Mr. M.L.A.Hizbullah.Representatives from Sri Lanka Jama'ath e Islami, Jamiyyatu Ansarus Sunna,and Mercy Lanka also joined the team. The embassy of the State of Kuwait in Colombo coordinated the programs of the visiting delegation."This would be the first project of this kind to be implemented in any part of the country to rehabilitate tsunami victims," said minister Hon. DineshGunawardana M.P., addressing the signing ceremony.
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