Ruwan Maluwa Senesana – Ampara district gifted with an Electric Generator

Ruwanmaluwa forest hermitage, which is situated in deep Ampara district close to  …… was much handicapped due to there not being a supply of electricity. The resident monks had to undergo a great deal of hardship due to lack of proper lighting. A request was made to the Dharmavijaya Foundation for a generator that could operate with petrol by the incumbent resident monk Venerable Pindeniye Dharmasiri Thera. The DVF was able to set aside Rs. 20,000/- for this worthy cause. Two of our trustees Dr Nalin Goonesinghe and Dr. K.D.S. Ranasinghe were able to collect the balance and we were able to donate a petrol driven generator worth Rs. 38,000/- to the temple on June 27th 2010. Dr. Ranasinghe and his family members voluntarily transported the generator and personally handed it to the monks along with sufficient petrol, bulbs and wire. We are happy to inform that this donation has transformed the place and there is much religious activity with the active participation of the lay community.

Bhikkhu Hospice at Bodhirukkharamaya, Polgahawela gets a Medical Examination Room 

Readers may remember the yeoman service of Venerable Amilasiri, the chief incumbent monk of Bodhirukkharama temple Polgahawela, to ageing monks. Deshabandhu Olcott Gunasekera, President of DVF, Vice President Siri Kannangara, and Trustee D.K. Premaratne, Deputy Secretary visited Bodhirukkharamaya on December 24, 2010 to inspect the new Medical Examination room that is being constructed with funds provided by Mr. Wijitha Paranamana, now working in Bangladesh, in memory of his late father who was ordained a monk and spent his last days at the Mitirigala Nissarana vanaya. He was keen to make a fitting tribute to his late father and when the DVF informed of this need he readily agreed to bear the entire cost. He has contributed Rs. 150,000/- to this project. The work has started and the walls have been built up to the roof level. We plan to finish it by end of January or beginning of February 2011.     

We were very happy to see the vast improvements that have been made under the personal supervision and untiring efforts of Venerable Amilasiri. The earlier dana sala is no more and the main building, which was in a dilapidated state has been fully renovated with a wide veranda to seat over twenty visiting monks. A special image house is being constructed for the convenience of the elderly monks.

 

A special fund to assist in the education of Samanera monks at Bodhirukkharamaya, Polgahawela

A special fund was created by Mrs. Somatunga with the DVF with a donation of Rs. 200,000/- to assist the samanera monks in their education. There are 23 resident samanera monks who attend the pirivenas nearby and it was the wish of Mrs. Somatunga, conveyed through our Vice President Mrs. Karuna Silva, that a Fund be created for this purpose. She had stated that this is her initial contribution and the Fund will be enhanced from time to time. The DVF takes this opportunity to thank Mrs Somatunga for her magnanimity and wish her long life with the merit accrued. The DVF has placed this money in a one year renewable fixed deposit and will be utilising the interest thereon from next year for the purpose as agreed.