Devsiri and his two boys Deshan and Dinum took a group of 15 UK scholarship children, including medical students, to a big store named KOTUWE KADE(“Harrods of Galle”) to buy anything and everything. Deshan gave every child £20 from the money he had raised and asked them toi buy anything they wished. . It was […]
Galle Scholarship Party 2012
The final UKFG event the Hewavidana Family held was the Galle Party. Here, a massive function was held for all UKFG scholarship children located in Galle, the region which was most impacted by the Asian Tsunami in 2004. It was held at the famous historical Buddhist Temple Wijayanada Pirivena with venerable Buddhist Monks involved to […]
Annual Dana Ceremony to commemorate past members of Hewavidana and Gamage generation
Every Year Devsiri’s family starts their charity work in Southern Srilanka by inviting all their relatives and UKFG’s sponsored children to participate in an annual Alms-giving (Dana Ceremony ) to commemorate Devsiri’s late father and philanthropist Mr D C Hewavidana, late mother Kusuma and all the deceased family members of Hewavidana and Gamage Generation. Late […]
The Annual Dinner Party and Get Together for Matara UKFG children
Devsiri and his family held a massive function for all of the UKFG scholarship children based in Matara. The event was held at UKFG Srilanka’s chairman Mr Gamage’s residence at Yatiyana , Matara , and over 200 people enjoyed the great evfent. The party started with the scholarship children coming into Mr Gamage’s house and […]
Donation of speakers and books to Akurugoda Ratanajothi Junior School
The final school that Devsiri’s family visited during the2012 holidays was Akurugoda. This is where Sam Connelly donated a new school library in 2009. from Here, they were treated to a short lunch before seeing their final ceremony. There were two presenters, one who spoke Sinhala and one who spoke English, which helped to show […]
Donation Howpe School
After leaving Puswelkada school , the family visited Howpe School. The school is close to Devsiri’s heart as it was the first school he ever attended. As always, they arrived to a great reception . After having some quick snacks with the school’s staff, they went straight to another talent show; the only difference was […]
Donation of Musical instruments to Puswelkada Primary school
Devsiri and family made the hour long trip to Galle to visit two schools. The first of the two was Puswelkada Junior school . They arrived to a great reception, to which the schoolchildren exclaimed ‘Ayubowan’ (Welcome) It was a very lively and welcoming atmosphere to say the least. The school then commenced with their […]