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With the pioneering aim to increase accommodation facilities for the Sangha who pursue their education at Kotuwegoda Sri Jayasumanarama Viharaya, Matara, Deen Brothers Ltd. Managing Director Deshamanya Najeeb Deen completed the first floor of the Sanghawasa with a personal contribution which is worth over Rs. 4 million along with the financial support exercised by the residents in the area. The ceremony to entrust the building was held on the 15th with the participation of Najeeb Deen, popular cricketer Sanath Jayasooriya and the local community.
Ven. Yatigala Somathilaka Thero stated in his address to the audience that Najeeb Deen who works to mould the principles of ethnic harmony set an enormous example to all the races and that this is not the first time he has shown his tendency to assist the temple of the village.
Deen has been involved in various social welfare projects including the construction of a flyover at Matara Hospital and making donations to the victims of the floods. His proceedings have accumulated much reputation for him among the people in Matara and throughout the island. Deen further added that he had planned to perpetuate similar social welfare projects in the future.