Although the Diocese provides some funding for its Diocesan Boards, inevitably it is not enough. So Boards have to raise their own funds wherever they can, some have funding from overseas, others, like the Diocesan Board of Education hold fund-raising events for example like a Talent Show. This was supported with acts by Sunday schools and Church schools and tickets sold through all the parishes. Although attendance was a little disappointing, the quality and standard of the acts was not. St Thomas' Mount Lavina was represented by the Hewisi Band which involves drumming and the playing of small flutes with boys from different faith backgrounds. The Student Christian Movement members also participated by singing with some musical accompaniment a modern arrangement of Psalm 23.
Other acts included traditional Sinhalese and Tamil classical dance, and many took the opportunity to give thanks for the ending of the war and the need for reconciliation and peace between different ethnic groups.
