Lankan Embassy and expats in Japan donate COVID equipment Daily News (via HT Media Ltd.)
The Embassy of Sri Lanka in Japan together with the Sri Lankan expatriates living in Japan donated over $225,000 worth of COVID-19 related emergency equipment to 14 Government hospitals.
A number of philanthropists came forward due to a special programme introduced by the Ambassador of Sri Lanka to Japan Sanjiv Gunasekara. This model allowed donors to choose their preferred medical equipment directly from authorised Sri Lankan suppliers and donate to a hospital of their choice. Appreciating the transparency adopted the philanthropists offered their contribution without hesitation.
Four of the active Sri Lankan Associations in Japan; the Sri Lanka Business Council of Japan, Sri Lanka Automobile Association in Japan, Kansai Japan Sri Lanka National Organisation and the Sri Lanka Professional Association mobilised their members and helped in this worthy cause.
by Sujeeva Nivunhella in London
There was a time Douglas Wickramaratne, President of the Sinhala Association in the UK, had to be given protection by Scotland Yard after he came under threat for exposing the blatant falsehoods propagated by the LTTE to win the support of the international community.
Despite the machinations of the powerful pro-LTTE lobby at the time, the warrior that he was, Wickramaratne held his ground and pushed ahead with his concerted campaign to lay bare the atrocities of the terrorists and expose to the world the campaign of brutal terror perpetrated by the Tigers.
Many were the times he traveled to Geneva to attend the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) sessions to help safeguard the interests of Sri Lanka in the face of Tamil diaspora inspired allegations leveled against the government.