🌧️ URGENT APPEAL - SRI LANKA NEEDS YOUR SUPPORT NOW 🌧️

(Photo courtesy Galigamuwe Gnanadeepa Thero's Facebook Page)

Dear friends,

Sri Lanka is currently facing a severe humanitarian crisis as relentless torrential rains have triggered widespread flooding and landslides across the country.

• Hundreds of lives lost, with many still missing

• Thousands of families displaced, homes swept away

• Schools, transport, and essential services heavily disrupted

• Thousands urgently need food, shelter, clean water, and medical aid

The road to recovery will be long — but your support can save lives right now.

💛 How You Can Help
You can make a donation through the Ranaviru Fund, a well-established UK-registered charity that has supported Sri Lanka for over 17 years:

👉 https://www.paypal.com/uk/fundraiser/charity/38286

🇬🇧 UK taxpayers: Please remember to select Gift Aid to increase your donation at no extra cost. (Tax relief available for higher rate tax payer)

We appeal to the Sri Lankan community in the UK and across the world — and to all friends of Sri Lanka:

✔️ Donate whatever you can — every contribution counts
✔️ Share this message widely to help us reach more people

Together, we can help rebuild lives and bring hope to those affected by this tragedy.

🫶 Thank you for your compassion and support.

'Ranaviru Fund' and 'Scotland Buddhist Vihara', two Scotland based Charities have been working in Sri Lanka over the years in providing welfare and medical aid for people in need, now also partnered with the Sri Lankan Association in Scotland (www.slascot.org.uk) to provide assistance to the people need assistance to get back to their normal lifestyle.

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