A new building with modern facilities was declared open by the Commander of the Air Force Air Cheif Marshal Roshan Goonetileke this morning (16 January 2010) at the Diyathalawa Pre-school. The construction of this new modern building was initiated under patronage of the Commanding Officer of SLAF Diyatalawa Air Commodore Lal Perera and the Chairperson SLAF Seva Vanitha Unit Mrs. Nelun Go...

Six hundred war heroes of the SLAF and their families were honored today (January 4, 2010) at a function organised by the Sri Lanka Air Force at the Ekala Air Force Base.The “Guwan Viru Upahara” was organised jointly by the Directorate of welfare and the Air Force Seva Vanitha Unit aimed at honoring war heroes and their families. The service personnel and their families were presente...

Sri Lanka Air Force Seva Vanitha Unit upon the direction of it’s Chairperson Mrs. Nelun Goonetileke, organized an entertainment programme celebrating Christmas, for the inmates of ward No. 13 at the Mulleriyawa Hospital recently (16 December 2009).  The evening consisted tea, the distribution of valuable gifts among the patients and staff whilst the SLAF band’s performance provi...

The annual concert of the pre-school of Sri Lanka Air Force Base China Bay, was held recently (30 November 2009) at the pre- school premises itself. The concert is being held for the first time since its inception early this year following a concept introduced by the present chairperson of the Sri Lanka Air Force, Seva Vanitha Unit, Mrs. Nelun Goonetileke. The pre-school is a welfar...

The Annual General Meetings of the Sri Lanka Air Force Seva Vanitha Unit was held this evening (07 December 2009) at the Air Force Headquarters Auditorium under the patronage of Mrs. Nelun Goonetileke, the Chairperson. At the Meeting the new Executive Committee was selected for the year of 2010.During the function 8 Wheel chairs and a pair of spectacles were donated among needy per...

Mr. W. Amarasinghe a civilian working in the Sri Lanka Air Force was donated with a house by Sri Lanka Air Force Seva Vanitha Unit under the patronage of Mrs. Nelun Goonetileke the Chairperson.The house warming ceremony was held this morning (November 27, 2009) at Handala Wattala with the participation of the Executive Committee of the Seva Vanitha Unit....

Sri Lanka Air Force Seva Vanitha Unit(SLAF SVU) donated a newly built house worth Rupees one million under the Anula Fernando housing project to Mrs. Jinadari and her son Minsara on last morning (17 November 2009) in Athgala, Gampola. Mrs. Jinadari is the wife of war hero Corporal Sampath Kumara who died in a Claymore attack in Morawewa on 09 January 2009. Little Minsara is also a benefi...

The Sri Lanka Air Force Seva Vanitha Unit (SLAF SVU) which is involved in various community projects, launched phase 14 of the "Marian Goonetileke Scholarships Project" this morning (30 October 2009), named as the Anula Fernando Housing and Medical Project. 51 children of war heroes killed in action, disabled in action and Civilian staff of the Sri Lanka Air Force were facilitated with s...

Sri Lanka Air Force Seva Vanitha Unit (SLAF SVU) organized an Inter School Athletic Meet to commemorate International Children’s Day (ICD). More than 300 school children representing all communities in Morawewa, Eastern Province, celebrated this special day on 09 October 2009.  ICD is celebrated all over the world on 01 October each year and many activities draw attention to the i...

A newly  built house worth of Rs. 900, 000 was donated to the wife and the son of war hero Sergeant Nandasiri who was killed in 1998 at Puliyankulam due to a Clamor attack, on 05th October 2009 at Weligama in the Galle District.The house was donated by the philanthropist Ex Wing Commander Dr. and Mrs. Narme Wickramasinghe . The Chairperson Seva Vanitha Unit Mrs. Nelun Goonetileke, t...

A newly built house worth of Rs 1 million was donated to Lac Kalum De Silva who was wounded in action due to a terrorist mortar attack during operation Jayasikuru in Nadunkani. The construction of the house was sponsored by the Seva Vanith Unit of the Sri Lanka High Commission in Bangladesh through the SLAF Seva Vanitha Unit. The ceremony to hand over the house was held this morning (22 ...

A sum of Rs. 500,000 was handed over to chairperson SLAF Seva Vanitha Unit, Mrs. Nelun Goonetileke by Hon. Minister Susantha Punchi Nileme, at a press conference held today (September 9, 2009) at the Cey Nor Restaurant (Colombo 02).  The sum which was received was sponsored by John Keells Office Automation (PVT) Ltd. and will be entirely utilized for the construction for a sch...

A newly built house worth of Rs 1 million was donated to Mrs. R Kumari the widow and the infant child of Cpl Chaminda Lakmal Gunarathne who was killed in a terrorist attack at Morawewa on 09th January 2009.  The construction of the house was carried out under the supervision of the Base Commander of Sri Lanka Air Force Base Anuradhapura and his team.The ceremony to hand over t...

Sri Lanka Air Force Seva Vanitha Unit Organized a welfare programme, jointly with the Directorate of Health Services - Sri Lanka Air Force for Internally Displaced Personnel of Zone 2 and Zone 3 in the Chettikulam camp. Mrs. Nelun Goonetileke, Chairperson of the SLAF SVU and other committee members distributed dry ration packs, clothing items, milk packets among the children and pr...

The Sri Lankan Youth Association based in France recently joined hands with Sri Lanka Air Force Seva Vanitha Unit to support the conflict affected families of Morawewa. The Association harnessed the support of its members to collect funds towards this worthy cause. The representatives of the Association who visited the area, donated water tanks, motors and distributed books among th...

The SLAF Seva Vanitha Unit (SVU) together with the Directorate of Health Services has planned to organize a Health Care Clinic for the benefit of IDP’s in Vavuniya.  In line with this event the SLAF SVU has also planned to distribute ration packs among the IDP's who are at Sector 111. The pregnant mothers and the children would be the beneficiaries.Contents of the Pack for Pregnan...

The Chairperson of SLAF SVU Mrs. Nelun Goonetileke laid the foundation stone for a new building which is proposed for a Pre School at SLAF Base Higurakgoda on 03rd Aug 2009.The Chairperson and the committee members also visited the present preschool at SLAF Base Hingurakgoda, in which she also discussed the progress regarding the preschool children, with the teachers and Officer in Cha...

The Sri Lanka Air Force Pre-School Colombo, held its annual sports meet on 31st July 2009. The establishment of high educational standard pre-schools, in Air Force establishments located around the country was a concept introduced by the present SLAF Seva Vanitha Unit chairperson Mrs. Nelun Goonatilaka. This in deed generates immense value, as it eases the burden of providing qualit...