A Child's Story - Logapriya

Logapriya is a 16 year old girl who has been in the Home for over 5 years. She has been affected by the ethnic war and has also lost her mother.

Logapriya was always interested in collecting and writing poems and she has a huge collection of them. Her favorite subject is Mathematics and Tamil. 

Seylan Merchant Leasing Ltd organized an art and essay competition this June 2007 in which about two thousand children from all over Colombo participated. 


When Logapriya was selected to participate in the Tamil Essay writing competition, she  spent a great amount of time reading in order to increase her vocabulary and writing skills.  

In the competition, she had written on the topic "The Importance of Living a frugal life" for which she  won the 2nd place in the sixteen to eighteen year category. She was awarded with a Certificate of Excellence.


The prize giving was conducted in the Art Gallery of the Lionel Wendt Auditorium in Colombo.