World Children's Day and World Adult Day are on today. The special district celebration for that was held today (01) at Pinnawala zoo. It is under the leadership of Kegalle District Parliament MP Lawyer Sagarika Gangani Athuda and Kegalle District Secretary/Deputy KGS Nishantha.
World Children's Day celebrations took place this year with the theme "Mind Empowerment - Children Enriched" and in connection with that, the celebration was organized by bringing the pre-school children from Kegalle, Aranayaka and Rambukkana Divisional Secretariats. There were many quirky dancers of children here, a story presentation for children by Mrs. MDR Arialatha of Rambukkana Adult Authority Board, presentation of prizes and certificates for the children who presented the feature.
Another special occasion of this celebration was to introduce the children a mako parrot, lamb and a porcupine at the Pinnawala Zoo. Also, in connection with this event, educational aid was also provided to children affected by hurricane Ditwa. The full contribution to that was bear by the Kam Fashion non-government organization. In addition to the winners of the drawing competition organized by the Pinnawala Zoo department, a special appreciation for the students who passed the 5th year scholarship under the country wide program of public security And there was a special evaluation for senior citizens.
The celebration also included various programs for the development of early child, plantation programs, drawing competitions, leadership training programs for student ambassadors, lectures on child safety for parents including performances from the street drama team at Rambukkana Parakrama College.
District Childguard Officer Vinodani Kulathunga and District Psycho Society Officer Chathurika Bandara, the District Child Development Officer Sudarika Chandrasiri, the Child Rights Promotion Officer, Mr. Kanthi Herath, also supported the celebration. Also World Mental Health Day Art treatment program for children was organized by District Psycho Counseling Officer Mrs. Renuka Jayaratne. The celebration was successfully organized with the contribution of all the officers of the District Children and Women Sector as well as the support of the children's sectors of the local secretariat, the deputy director of the Pinnawala Zoo Department.
Additional District Secretary (Government) Kusum Bandara, Additional District Secretary (Idam) Dileep Nishantha, Rambukkana Regional Secretary Narmada Egodagedara, Assistant District Secretary Malsha L Piyadarshani, Deputy Director of Pinnawala Zoo, Mr. Dilani Amarasinghe, Deputy Director of Kegalla, Deputy Police of Rambukkana, District Staff officers from the Secretariat, officers from the children and women sectors of the District Divisional Secretariat, parents of children and children gathered together.
