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The World Wide Web has over 32,000 links under the name Dr Wijaya Godakumbura. Some of the more interesting ones are as follows:

Foreign articles:

1. The Surgeon of the lamp (2005)
http://www.rolexawards.com/en/the-laureates/wijayagodakumbura-the-project.jsp

2. World Challenge 2009 Winner - A Bright Idea
Dr Wijaya Godakumbura, a surgeon who witnessed the terrible results of these accidents has designed a safe Lamp that can't roll over and cause a fire...
http://www.theworldchallenge.co.uk/2009-finalists-project10.php

3. BBC World Service – World Agenda – One bright spark
"As a surgeon for many years I was witnessing these horrible injuries," says Dr Wijaya Godakumbura, winner of World Challenge 2009. "One day in 1992, ...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/worldagenda/2009/12/091215_worldagenda_worldchallengewinner09.shtml

4. Sri Lanka project wins BBC World Challenge ‘09| NowPublic News ...
Dec 2009 ... The project, a brainchild of Dr. Wijaya Godakumbura, is aimed at reducing
http://www.nowpublic.com/world/sri-lanka-project-wins-bbc-world-challenge-09

5. Gulfnews : Lamp lustre
7 May 2010 ... That simple equation has kept Sri Lankan surgeon Dr Wijaya Godakumbura welded to the cause of safe kerosene bottle lamps for nearly 18 years ...
http://gulfnews.com/life-style/general/lamp-lustre-1.621831

6. Safe and small wins the race
The doctor with a lamp, Dr. Wijaya Godakumbura's safe bottle lamp project shines brightest in the 'World Challenge – 09' conducted by Shell, ...
http://sundaytimes.lk/091213/Plus/plus_01.htmll

7. Godakumbura, Wijaya
Dr. Wijaya Godakumbura National Hospital of Sri Lanka, Colombo, Sri Lanka. "Promoting the Use of a New Kerosene 'Safe Lamp' in Rural Villages of Sri Lanka ...
http://www.lindberghfoundation.org/docs/index.php/godakumbura-wijaya

8. Satmag03
Dr. Wijaya Godakumbura, a consultant surgeon of the National Hospital and president of the foundation has designed a simple safe lamp, which has been ...
http://www.island.lk/2002/04/06/satmag03.html

9. Safe Bottle Lamp: Life-saving bright idea wins World Challenge ...
6 Dec 2009 ... Dr Wijaya Godakumbura holding his invention - Photo courtesy Rolex ... Dr Wijaya Godakumbura of Sri Lanka is one of them – he literally ...
http://movingimages.wordpress.com/2009/12/06/safe-bottle-lamp-life-saving-bright-idea-wins-world-challenge-2009/

10. Sri Lanka | Rolex Watch Blog by Melrose Jewelers, Canadas #1 ...
29 Jul 2009 ... The innovative yet simplistically designed Safe Bottle Project created by Dr. Wijaya Godakumbura of Sri Lanka won him a Rolex award in 1998 ...
http://www.melrosejewelers.ca/rolex-watch-blog/tag/sri-lanka

11. Features | Online edition of Daily News - Lakehouse Newspapers
16 Jun 2007 ... WHO invites Sri Lankan surgeon for two consultations. The WHO has invited Consultant Surgeon Dr Wijaya Godakumbura for two consultations. ...
http://www.dailynews.lk/2007/06/16/fea15.asp

12. Safe Bottle Lamp Project - Health, Rajagiriya, Sri Lanka
When the founder Dr. Wijaya Godakumbura was serving as a surgeon in Ratnapura (Central Sri Lanka), he came across many kerosene lamp burn victims. ...
http://www.betterplace.org/projects/2194-safe-bottle-lamp-project/blogs?lang=en

13. winners - World Challenge 09
1 Dec 2009 ... Photo top: Dr Wijaya Godakumbura (center) of Bright Idea: Safe Bottle Lamp Foundation, Sri Lanka, receives the World Challenge 09 top prize ...
http://www.theworldchallenge.co.uk/winners-2009.php

14. BBC World Service - World Agenda - World Challenge - five years on
2 Oct 2009 ... Dr Wijaya Godakumbura, a surgeon who witnessed the terrible results of burning accidents, with his safe lamp. World Challenge is the unique ...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/worldagenda/2009/10/091002_worldagenda_worldchallenge.shtml

15. The Sunday Times Plus Section
Wijaya Godakumbura, armed with the Rolex Laureate for Innovation, has returned ... Dr Godakumbura plans to use the US $ 50,000 prize money to manufacture half a
http://www.sundaytimes.lk/981108/plus4.html

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