The launch was attended by a number of well-known dignitaries, including State Minister of Finance Eran Wickramaratne, WHO Representative to Sri Lanka Dr. Razia Pendse, Former Sri Lanka Cricket Captain Michael Tissera, Former Chairman of John Keells Holdings Ken Balendra, Kandyan dance veterans Vajira and Upeka Chitrasena, Educationist and social activist Jezima Ismail and Former Principal of Ladies College Nirmali Wickremesinghe.
The Directors of Sunrise Senior Foundation (SSF), a not-for-profit organization, comprise Kumar Nadesan, Tissa de Alwis, Tilak de Zoysa, T. Someswaran, Dr. Pramilla Senanayake and Feizal Samath (Chairperson). Those present at the event were Mr. de Alwis, Mr. Someswaran and Mr. Samath (Chairperson), as well as Sunrise Magazine Editor Kumudini Hettiarachchi.
The new SUNRISE magazine serves as an information tool for the Senior Citizen community.
Now brighter and bolder, and published bi-monthly, this high quality publication offers top-notch editorial content and is edited by a senior Sri Lankan journalist.
From stories pertaining to policy issues by the state concerning the country’s 60 years+ community, insurance and investment advice, health and medical care, infrastructure in public spaces like banks, government departments, shopping malls, hotels, apartments, etc to ensure minimum inconvenience to senior citizens, to shopping tips, gardening for leisure, games, jokes and emergency institutions to contact, the magazine is going to fill a largely-unfilled need for information for senior citizens.
SUNRISE was published earlier by another organization in 2016 and was well received but due to unavoidable reasons, it did not proceed beyond four issues.
Speaking at the event, the Chairman of the Board of the Sunrise Senior Foundation, Feizal Samath, said, “The foundation and its magazine will serve as a useful tool of information not only to Sri Lanka’s growing community of senior citizens but also to policymakers and governments in addressing this important segment in society.”
The magazine is available at Vijitha Yapa Bookshops.
Issued by the Board of Directors of SSF.
Photo captions:
1.) Chairman of the Board of the Sunrise Senior Foundation, Feizal Samath, presents a copy of the SUNRISE magazine to State Minister of Finance Eran Wickramaratne.
2.) (From left to right) Chairman of the Board of the Sunrise Senior Foundation, Feizal Samath, WHO Representative to Sri Lanka Dr. Razia Pendse and State Minister of Finance Eran Wickramaratne at the re-launch of the SUNRISE magazine.
3.) All smiles were some of the special guests at the re-launch and media briefing of 'SUNRISE' magazine (from left) Kandyan dance veteran Mrs. Vajira Chitrasena; Dr. Nilmini Hemachandra of the World Health Organization -- Sri Lanka Office and well-known Kandyan danseuse Ms. Upeka Chitrasena.
4.) Among the well-known personalities at the re-launch and media briefing of 'SUNRISE' magazine were special guests (from left) educationist and social activist Mrs. Jezima Ismail; former Chairman of John Keells Holdings Mr. Ken Balendra and cricketing legend Mr. Michael Tissera who was the 'cover personality' of the first issue of the new magazine.
