The house warming ceremony was held in Lunama, but there were people from all Ambalantota, in Hambantota district. A music parade, songs, dancing and a drama. More than two hundred people from this southern division joined last week this event to celebrate 22 families in Ambalantota starting a new life.

ActionAid International Sri Lanka, in partnership with Walawe Kantha Maha Sangamaya (WKMS), a local organisation, has funded this housing project for these 22 families, identified as "very poor and marginalized in their communities" by the village committees formed by WKMS.

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