Saemaul Foundation projects immensely helpful for rural upliftment – Prime Minister
Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena thanked the Saemaul Foundation of Korea for expanding its rural infrastructure and livelihood development projects when the President of Saemaul Foundation Lee Seung Jong, Governor, Gyeongsangbuk-do province, the head of the grant aid supporting body, Korea and the President of Gyambuk Art & Cultural Foundation, Koo Yum Cheol called upon him at Temple Trees on Thursday (25).
A Memorandum of Understanding for the expansion of Saemaul Foundation projects in Sri Lanka was signed by the Foundation and the Ministry of Public Administration, Home Affairs, Provincial Councils and Local Government.
The MOU was signed by the President of Gyambuk Art & Cultural Foundation Koo Yum Cheol, Secretary Ministry of Public Administration, Home Affairs, Provincial Councils and Local Government K D N Ranjith Asoka and Director General of External Resources Department of the Finance Ministry, Ajith Abeysekara in the presence of the Prime Minister and Foundation President Lee Seung Jong at Temple Trees.
Two pilot projects carried out in the Sabaragamuwa province by the Saemaul Foundation have been completed successfully.
