The annual Ramadan celebrations jointly organized by the Sri Lankan Manpower Welfare Association ( SLMWA ) and the Sri Lankan Embassy of Kuwait was held at the Embassy premises amid a gathering of over 1500 devotees belonging to all ethnic and religious denominations. The program of activities commenced on 27th evening continued till early hours of 28th morning which included special prayers, religious discourses, breaking - fast, Ifthar, Suhoor etc.  The SLMWA members under the guidance of its President,    Mr. Nelson Christopher made excellent arrangements for the occasion while staff of the Embassy volunteered to extend their fullest support and cooperation toward the success of this worthy endeavour.

TO  :  ALL SRI LANKANS IN KUWAIT

Reference “Kuwait Times” article of 14th July on the plight of Kamalawathi who is alleged to have been denied her salaries and other benefits for over 13 years by her Kuwaiti sponsor.    The “Kuwait Times” article was reproduced in the Embassy web page on 15th July ( please browse  page 3 of the web )

Based on the Kamalawathi’s pathetic story, “Sunday Divaina” newspaper of 25th July edition carried an article in which the Sri Lankan Embassy has been unfairly taken to task by its sub-editor.  Subsequently, the Embassy made representations ( through the Foreign Ministry ) to the newspaper and got a clarification / rebuttal published in the “Sunday Divaina” of 29th August.  In the rebuttal published on 29th August, it is regretted that the following 02 concluding paragraphs (final and penultimate ) have been omitted which sought to further clarify our position on Kamalwathi vis a vis “Sunday Divaina” article in question. 

Embassy of Sri Lanka
Kuwait
August 31, 2010

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Published Date: July 15, 2010 
By Muna Al-Fuzai,  Staff Columnist, The  Kuwait Times - Local Spotlight
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A Sri Lankan lady, whose misfortune had led her to work abroad as a maid was rushed to a hospital 100 miles from her home-land's capital, Colombo, with severe pain after returning home from Saudi Arabia where she took a job last March.  It was subsequently discovered that the family she had worked for would regularly punish her by hammering nails and needles into her body.  

Doctors at the hospital have done a great job, being able to remove 13 nails and 05 needles from the Sri Lankan woman's body, principally from her legs and forehead.   The nails ranged in length from 01 to 02 inches while the needles were each around an inch long.

I believe that this lady is a unique example of a true survivor and I think she is really lucky to be alive at all, with doctors saying that she is still recovering from her ordeal. 

By BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI (AP)
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka



Doctors removed 13 nails and five needles from a Sri Lankan woman who says the couple she worked for in Saudi Arabia hammered them into her body. 

L.G. Ariyawathi, who was hospitalized with severe pain after returning Saturday from Saudi Arabia, has said the family she worked for punished her by heating the nails and needles before sticking them into her. X-rays have shown that she had 24 nails and needles in her body, said Dr. Keerthi Satharasinghe of Kamburupitiya hospital, about 100 miles (160 kilometers) away from the capital, Colombo.

The Holy Month of Ramadan is the most significant month for the  Muslims / Arabs around the world.  The Islamic devotees have begun their month-long dawn to dusk fasting season commenced on 11^th August 2010, which coincides with the spiritual activities and worshipping in addition to practicing good deeds.  The Prophet Muhammad said it is the month of blessings and repentance as well as forgiveness.