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The
Global
Organization
of
People
of
Indian
Origin (GOPIO)
has
raised
Malaysian
Ringgit
12000 to
assist
IDPs in
Sri
Lanka
during
the
second
phase of
their
fund
raising
campaign.
The
funds
will be
utilised
for
long-term
projects
such as
enhancement
of the
education
of
children
who had
been
orphaned
due to
the
terrorism,
GOPIO
International
Coordinator
Selvarajoo
Sundram
had said
at a
Charity
Dinner
with
Community
Development
and
Social
Inequity
Eradication
Minister,
Sri
Lanka P.
Chandrasekeran
in
Petaling
Jaya,
Malaysia.
Mr.
Sundram
had
further
stated
that his
organization
has
agreed
to a
request
made by
Malaysian
Entrepreneurs
for an
organised
group to
visit
Sri
Lanka in
future
to
discuss
investments
and
identify
initially
viable
economic
development
projects
which
will
assist
development
of Sri
Lanka.
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