Indicative of the Army’s sustained endeavours for the promotion of reconciliation, co-existence and ethnic harmony in the North and East, a crowd of 26 Tamil youths in Batticaloa town area, perhaps for the first after the war ended, voluntarily came forward to donate their blood on account of the 69th Army Anniversary during a programme, held at the 231 Brigade Headquarters in Kallady, Batticaloa on the 'Army Day'.
The 26 donors walked straight to the 231 Brigade Headquarters on their own and lined up with other Army personnel, expressing their solidarity with the Army during its milestone anniversary, and enthusiastically donated their blood to the programme, Army Media Unit said.
122 Army personnel including Officers of the 231 Brigade, 4 Gemunu Watch, 10 Gajaba Regiment and 11 (v) Sri Lanka Sinha Regiment also gave away their blood to the Blood Bank at Batticaloa Teaching Hospital during this mobile arrangement, supported by the Batticaloa Lions Club and the medical team of the Batticaloa Teaching Hospital.
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