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Hela Sarana - Covid-19 Appeal for Sri Lanka

The charity that Irie Perera volunteers for, Hela Sarana, is appealing for money to go towards emergency medical relief.  


I am quoting from a post on the Hela Sarana Facebook page because I think they have put it in the most simplest and comprehensive form:-

Your help is needed.  Right now Sri Lanka is experiencing 5 to 10 fold increase in the infection rate from the first wave paving the way to a spiralling adverse impact on hospital services provided to covid-19 patients.

Immediate initiative has been made by committing:
- £15,000 to 3 main hospitals
- £2,500 to supply "Pulse Oximeters" to a number of hospitals
- £5,500 to purchase Video Laryngoscope for Lady Ridgeway Hospital

Every pound you donate, will go a long way to purchase vital medical supplies to help ever increasing number of covid victims.  Please support our latest initiative to mobilise more funds to ongoing commitment and efforts.

Donation can be made via Bank Transfer:

U.K. 
Bank: Barclays
Sort Code: 20-44-22
Account No: 60424056

Sri Lanka
Bank: Bank of Ceylon, Gampaha Branch
Account No: 837180
Swift Code: BCEYKLX

or

online at Virgin Money Giving (with Gift Aid option):
http://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/charities/helasarana
Please use 'COVID Phase 3' as reference."

A little bit about Hela Sarana
Hela Sarana was formed in 1996 and is one of the longest running registered Sri Lankan charities in the United Kingdom (Charity Reg No.1093504).  It was formed by a group of Sri Lankan's living in the UK to support charitable projects in Sri Lanka and it achieved UK government approved charity status in 2002.

As Irie mentioned in her podcast as well as emergency relief Hela Sarana also raises money for the catastrophic problem of chronic kidney disease also known as CKD that affects over 20,000 people especially from the North Central province.
It also raised money for an education grant scheme, since 2004 553 students have benefitted.  Irie is one of the scholarship program coordinators.

You can find out more of what they do by looking at their Facebook page
https://www.facebook.com/helasarana


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