Polonnaruwa District Inter Religious Committee (DIRC) distributed Rs. 51,000 worth of dry food rations to a home for people with special needs and a children’s home. The funds to purchase the dry rations were provided to NPC by the Canadian government through its Canada Fund for Local Initiatives (CFLI) and supply and distribution was implemented through Polonnaruwa DIRC.

Both homes depend on donations to feed their residents and carry out day to day operations but since the curfew, they have been struggling to purchase supplies so they were grateful to receive the dry rations from the DIRC and NPC.

“Since curfew was imposed contributions to the home came to a complete stop and we had great difficulty in feeding our residents with the limited food supply, so this generous donation from NPC came at the right time, giving us enough food to last for two weeks,” Operations Director of the Vocational Training Center for Disabilities in Sewagama, Ms. Dinusha Sanjeewa Gamage, said.