The President’s Fund has launched a programme to provide free spectacles and hearing aids to university students, with the first programme held at Rajarata University on Saturday (19).
The initiative included free eye examinations and prescription lenses, with support from the private sector.
Spectacle frames donated to the President’s Fund are also planned to be distributed free of charge to schoolchildren, university students, technical college students and low-income citizens.
Senior Additional Secretary to the President and Secretary to the President’s Fund Roshan Gamage said the programme is expected to be extended to all universities in the future.
He also said the President’s Fund had strengthened by 50% over the past two years due to improved management and that its benefits were reaching eligible recipients across the country.
