'Virusara' Privilege Card Launches
7:57pm on Monday 25th January 2016
A ceremony to launch the 'Virusara' privilege card and the awarding of 100 scholarships, each worth of Rs 50,000 to war-affected children of the North and East and War Hero families was held today(25 January 2016), at Temple Trees, under the patronage of HE the President Maithripala Sirisena.
The 'Virusara' card provides a wide range of benefits from more than 45 state and private sector services, such as tangible discounts on medicine, food varieties, transport, hospital treatment, loans, educational courses, etc and recognizes the priceless services of War Heroes on priority basis.
Under the first phase over 300,000 family members of fallen War Heroes and disabled personnel received these benefits. 50 Scholarships were provided to war-affected Tamil, Muslim and Sinhala students in the North and East. Another 50 of those scholarships were distributed among the children of War hero families.
State Minister for Defence Mr Ruwan Wijewardane, Ministers, distinguished invitees, Tri Forces Commanders, senior officers of the Tri Forces, and family members of the fallen and disabled war heroes were present at the ceremony.
The 'Virusara' card provides a wide range of benefits from more than 45 state and private sector services, such as tangible discounts on medicine, food varieties, transport, hospital treatment, loans, educational courses, etc and recognizes the priceless services of War Heroes on priority basis.
Under the first phase over 300,000 family members of fallen War Heroes and disabled personnel received these benefits. 50 Scholarships were provided to war-affected Tamil, Muslim and Sinhala students in the North and East. Another 50 of those scholarships were distributed among the children of War hero families.
State Minister for Defence Mr Ruwan Wijewardane, Ministers, distinguished invitees, Tri Forces Commanders, senior officers of the Tri Forces, and family members of the fallen and disabled war heroes were present at the ceremony.
