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Off the beaten track but on track for a fantastic cause is CDF. BY TREVINE RODRIGO IN MELBOURNE. “Off the beaten track” emphatically encapsulates an ambitious CDF humanitarian project that has minimised time consuming medical aid and transport to patients in the outer regions of Sri Lanka where this service is urgently needed most. The Cyril Dharmawardena Foundation, (CDF) or it’s mission statement, (Compassion, Dedication, Fulfilment), provide non emergency transport vehicles that ferry patients from the villages and outer areas from the major cities in cases of injury and serious illness. The facility mainly provides non-emergency transport to the sick and impoverished in remote and rural communities in Sri Lanka who have been hampered with modern methods of transport for decades. Binara Dharmawardena, son of the late Cyril, heads this important interaction between Australia and Sri Lanka which has been ongoing for a decade. It was a dedication he committed ...

CDF PATIENT TRANSPORT CHARITY – Sri Lanka ‘FEEL GOOD’ SURVIVAL STORIES… OUR REWARD Baby Viku Indra Viku’s story is one of many. This 2 year old boy with a brain tumor needed to attend the main Cancer hospital which was 6 hours away. His mother was unemployed and did not have the means to bring Viku to the hospital. CDF came to the rescue to save his life with multiple trips regardless of the distance, time and cost. Living 200km away from the hospital, Viku’s mother battling poverty in addition to her own health issues was a daunting task. Surviving cancer after gruelling treatment is a huge milestone in a child’s life. CDF takes pride in giving life changing support to children like Viku by receiving the treatment they need on time to extend their lives and resume living a normal life again. Little Kusal Little Kusal was only 8 ...