USD 590,000 received by ‘Gaza Fund’ handed over to Palestinian government

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Colombo, August 8 (Daily Mirror) - An additional sum of USD 590,000 has been received by the ‘Children of Gaza Fund,’ which was established by President Ranil Wickremesinghe to provide basic needs for children displaced due to the current military situation in the Gaza Strip.

The President’s Media Division (PMD) said that the funds were officially handed over to the Palestinian government yesterday (07) at the Presidential Secretariat under the patronage of President Ranil Wickremesinghe.

The official documents were presented by President Wickremesinghe to the Palestinian Ambassador to Sri Lanka, Dr. Zuhair M.H. Zaid, and the Resident Representative of the UNDP in Sri Lanka, Azusa Kubota.

Following a proposal by President Ranil Wickremesinghe during the Cabinet meeting on March 4, 2024, the government of Sri Lanka agreed to provide financial assistance of USD 1 million to cover the essential expenses of nearly one million children trapped in the Gaza Strip due to the war. The Cabinet of Ministers approved this grant.

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Gona Thursday, 08 August 2024 02:58 PM

This is not even half of what was donated by rich Muslims. Balance is like what happened to CBSL daylight robbery.

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Samantha Friday, 09 August 2024 02:36 AM

Hope they will construct more tunnels and ammunition factories.

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sammy cooper Thursday, 08 August 2024 03:09 PM

well done sri lanka!

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S. Samarakoon Thursday, 08 August 2024 03:28 PM

What madness.. Help Children in Sri Lanka. Starving with one meal.

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Dinruta Thursday, 08 August 2024 03:51 PM

Idiot. Understand the context.

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Aj Friday, 09 August 2024 07:25 AM

S. Samarakoon is not wrong and not an Idiot for what he said. To put it into perspective 590,000 usd is equivalent to 177,786,588 lkr (according to an exchange rate of 1 usd = 301.33 lkr) that amount of money is quite a large sum and could easily be used to help our children and our people instead. Although I appreciate that this money is going towards the support of the Palestinian children, but as a country that is still having issues in the health, education and public sector with reports of food shortages also taking place in certain areas of sri lanka, Ranil should prioritise sri lanka 1st for the time being and get sri lanka our of poverty and only then can he focus on supporting foreign crisises.

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Mithula Thursday, 08 August 2024 03:58 PM

Absolutely correct. Our children are suffering with one meal a day and this Moran spends our money to help children in other countries for cheap popularity!

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Lkf Friday, 09 August 2024 02:47 AM

We have been supporting the Palestinian issue since Mrs. B's time. A timely considerate donation in a sri lankan spirit.

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Soori Maripalan Friday, 09 August 2024 07:08 AM

What this Pina is doing! Begging IMF to support SL - now showing his Naki face to the world rather than getting out of politics! What a joke Pina!!

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