School children from Vakarai visit Colombo

Government, along with the support of the Security Forces personnel and the 'Seva Lanka' Foundation, has organized an educational trip for the students of Vakarai area to visit the Southern part of the island.

Yesterday was the last day of this four day tour which included sixty two students of that area. Twenty two students from Vigneshwaran School of Vakarai and forty students from Palachchenai participated in the educational tour.

The Army and the 'Seva Lanka' Foundation provided food and accommodation to the students.

First three days were spent at Colombo and the students had the opportunity of visiting several important places. They visited the famous shrine of St. Anthony's in Kochchikade on Saturday (26) while on Sunday they visited the National Zoological Gardens.

They visited the Ramanadan Hindu College yesterday and went on a sightseeing tour in Colombo. A musical show was conducted for the students in the evening.

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