IDP relief from Red Cross
Kelaniya Group Corr.
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President of SLRCS Jagath Abeysinghe receiving the donation from
representatives of Suntel headed by Prabakar Theagaraja, Head of
Procurements at the National Headquarters of SLRCS in Colombo.
From left: Chairman SLRCS City Branch Ranjith Wijesooriya,
Chairman of Red Cross Task Force Tissa Abeywickrama, National
Secretary S.H. Nimal Kumar, Jagath Abeysinghe, Head of
Delegation IFRC Paul Emes, Prabakar Theagaraja and
representatives of Suntel are also seen here. - Pic: Edward
Weerasinghe - Kelaniya Group Corr.
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The City branch of the Sri Lanka Red Cross Society (SLRCS) has
arranged a consignment of relief items consisting of bottled water and
baby items including sanitary kits, towels, napkins to IDPs in Vavuniya.
Over 10,700 bottles of water donated by Suntel Telephone Company were
handed over to the President of SLRCS Jagath Abeysinghe by a team of
representatives of Suntel headed by Prabakar Theagaraja, Head of
Procurement at National headquarters of SLRCS in Colombo recently.
National Secretary of SLRCS Nimal Kumar thanked the City Branch and
Suntel for expressing solidarity for a humanitarian cause. `SLRCS with
Red Cross is immensely supporting and addressing relief needs of IDPs.
This donation by Suntel is a timely intervention to address the water
requirement of those people, he added.
Chairman of the City Branch, Ranjith Wijesooriya, Chairman of Red
Cross Task Force Tissa Abeywickrama, Head of Delegation of International
Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies Paul Emes were among
others who were present at the handing over ceremony. |
