Sri Lankan school honours Hope Qatar

Nizar Kochery (right) with Tharma Kulasingham at the ceremony held at Sri Lankan (Stafford) School

Sri Lankan School (Stafford International School) has honoured Hope Qatar, a centre rendering services to the "differently able” and physically challenged children among the country’s expatriate communities.
The honour coincided with the 63rd Independence Day celebrations of Sri Lanka. To mark the occasion, Sri Lankan embassy’s charge de affaires Tharma Kulasingham handed over a citation to Hope Council advisory board chairman and legal activist Nizar Kochery. The lawyer was the founder president of the centre, started in 2005 in Ruwda area.
Hope Centre, a non-profit body is affiliated to the Indian Cultural Centre (ICC), working under the aegis of the Indian embassy.
While lauding the services of the centre, the school said in a letter that many children are still deprived of education for the simple reason that general schools cannot accommodate a special needs unit and Hope Qatar thus fills the gap, serving special needs children with utmost care, affection and sincerity.