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The Amunukumbura Vocational Training Centre in Gampaha is dedicated to youth with disabilities and managed by the Depart­ ment of Social Services.

11th February 2021 ChildFund Sri Lanka in partnership with Pizzakraft Lanka (Pvt) Ltd.,the single franchisee for Pizza Hut and Taco Bell in Sri Lanka and with guidance from the Department of Social Services inaugurated a unique project at the Centre, providing these youth with disabilities the necessary resources, connecting them with market relevant training, skills and opportunities enabling them to dream of a brighter future.

Several vocational training courses are already conducted at the Centre to empower youth. The pizza baking module included to the food technology course will support these young women with disabilities to acquire new work and life skills, and transition to the workforce successfully.

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The Visual Handicaped Trust Fund of the Department of Social Services of Sri Lanka issued a commemorative stamp and a first day commemorative cover on the occasion of the 50th International White Cane Safety Day on 15.10.2020 under the patronage of the Hon. Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa.

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Hon. Mrs. Sudarshani  Fernandopulle, State Minister of Primary Health Care, Epidemic and COVID Disease Control and Secretary, Dr. Amal Harsha de Silva visit to the Department of Social Services today (2020.12.22)

Mr. Chandana Ranaweera, Director, Department of Social Services and National Secretariat for Elders and the Staff Officers and the staff members were present on this occasion.

ගරු ප්‍රාථමික සෞඛ්‍ය සේවා, වසංගත රෝග හා කොවිඩ් රෝග පාලන කටුයතු රාජ්‍ය අමාත්‍ය සුදර්ශනී ප්‍රනාන්දුපුල්ලේ මැතිණිය හා ලේකම්, වෛද්‍ය අමල් හර්ෂ ද සිල්වා මහතා අද දින (2020.12.22) සමාජ සේවා දෙපාර්තමේන්තුව වෙත පැමිණි අවස්ථාව

මෙම අවස්ථාව සඳහා සමාජ සේවා හා වැඩිහිටි මහලේකම් කාර්යාලයේ අධ්‍යක්ෂ චන්දන රණවීර මහතා හා දෙපාර්තමේන්තුවේ මාණ්ඩලික නිලධාරීන් හා සෙසු නිලධාරීන් සහබාගී වන ලදි.