ONE hundred and eight former LTTE combatants after their successful rehabilitation turned a new leaf in their lives and joined their parents and guardians in Jaffna on Wednesday (7).
Bureau of Commissioner General Rehabilitation (BCGR) during hand-over ceremony at Thelippalai Rehabilitation Centre ensured that those 108 rehabilitated youngsters rejoin their loved ones after intense BCGR training in different vocations such as carpentry, welding, Information Technology, electric work, masonry, clerical work, metal work, etc. Several INGOs and NGOs as well as government’s vocational training centres extended their fullest cooperation to those training programmes by way of supply of training specimen equipment.
Their exit, on the eve of the Sinhala and Hindu New Year; the most significant cultural festival for both Sinhalese and Tamils, heralded festive spirits as the galaxy of senior Army and civil administrators, academics and religious dignitaries graced the this rare occasion.
The brief ceremony in this connection was graced by Major General Mahinda Hathurusinghe, Commander, Security Forces, Jaffna as Chief Guest, who on his arrival, was received by two small girls living at Thelippalai Protective Accommodation and Rehabilitation Centre with their mothers.
Forty males, eleven females and seven disable persons, thus received rehabilitation bade farewell to their trainers at BCGR and received the warmth of their adults. In addition, forty three girls, qualified for university admission, out of those ex-combatants were also handed over to Vice Chancellor, University of Jaffna through their relatives. The government’s educational authorities thorough the BCGR, has already arranged facilities, needed for those 43 girls to continue with their higher education at the University of Jaffna once entered.
Major General Mahinda Hathurusinghe before addressing rehabilitated youngsters and their relatives on the occasion distributed BCGR certificates, issued to beneficiaries confirming their competency in various fields of vocational training.
Jaffna District Secretary Mr. K. Ganesh, Commissioner General Rehabilitation Brigadier Sudantha Ranasinghe, Vice Chancellor of the University of Jaffna Prof. N. Shanmugalingam, Brigadier General Staff of SFHQ-J Brig. B.C.J.A.F. Rodrigo, Brigadier Administration and Quartering, Security Forces Headquarters, Jaffna Brig. V.N. Coswatte and several other civil administrative and military officers were among those present on the occasion.
In January this year too, Thelippalai Rehabilitation Center handed over twenty rehabilitated ex-LTTE combatants to their parents and guardians.
Bureau of Commissioner General Rehabilitation (BCGR) during hand-over ceremony at Thelippalai Rehabilitation Centre ensured that those 108 rehabilitated youngsters rejoin their loved ones after intense BCGR training in different vocations such as carpentry, welding, Information Technology, electric work, masonry, clerical work, metal work, etc. Several INGOs and NGOs as well as government’s vocational training centres extended their fullest cooperation to those training programmes by way of supply of training specimen equipment.
Their exit, on the eve of the Sinhala and Hindu New Year; the most significant cultural festival for both Sinhalese and Tamils, heralded festive spirits as the galaxy of senior Army and civil administrators, academics and religious dignitaries graced the this rare occasion.
The brief ceremony in this connection was graced by Major General Mahinda Hathurusinghe, Commander, Security Forces, Jaffna as Chief Guest, who on his arrival, was received by two small girls living at Thelippalai Protective Accommodation and Rehabilitation Centre with their mothers.
Forty males, eleven females and seven disable persons, thus received rehabilitation bade farewell to their trainers at BCGR and received the warmth of their adults. In addition, forty three girls, qualified for university admission, out of those ex-combatants were also handed over to Vice Chancellor, University of Jaffna through their relatives. The government’s educational authorities thorough the BCGR, has already arranged facilities, needed for those 43 girls to continue with their higher education at the University of Jaffna once entered.
Major General Mahinda Hathurusinghe before addressing rehabilitated youngsters and their relatives on the occasion distributed BCGR certificates, issued to beneficiaries confirming their competency in various fields of vocational training.
Jaffna District Secretary Mr. K. Ganesh, Commissioner General Rehabilitation Brigadier Sudantha Ranasinghe, Vice Chancellor of the University of Jaffna Prof. N. Shanmugalingam, Brigadier General Staff of SFHQ-J Brig. B.C.J.A.F. Rodrigo, Brigadier Administration and Quartering, Security Forces Headquarters, Jaffna Brig. V.N. Coswatte and several other civil administrative and military officers were among those present on the occasion.
In January this year too, Thelippalai Rehabilitation Center handed over twenty rehabilitated ex-LTTE combatants to their parents and guardians.
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