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UPDATE ON SLNSWCA DONATIONS Dear Brothers & Sisters, Further to earlier email below… We are so blessed and thankful for the passionate and dedicated work conducted by the sisters of Franciscan Missionaries of Mary in Hatton on our behalf. Rev. Sr. Nandika and other sisters were Godsend for us for identifying and reaching out to the people, not only in Hatton region and in other areas as well so that we can be assured our donations are going to the most deserving families. See some of the photos of the many distributions they have done on the weekend below. We’re pleased that we were able to help these families and we hope you are too. Distributed at Diyagama, rural area, with the assistance of Rev. Fr. Dilan Perera. (Some photos below) Further to earlier distribution, more dry ration parcels were distributed by Rev. Fr. Savulnathan in Mannar. (Some photos below) Distributed by ...

Donations near $100K for grieving family By Cam Lucadou-Wells Source:-dandenong A rallying community has so far donated more than $97,000 to support a grief-stricken family who lost their four-year-old boy in a house fire in Dandenong. Rithish Kirushnaneethan died despite desperate attempts to rescue him from his bedroom as his family home in Leonard Street was engulfed in flames about 10pm on Sunday 25 July. Victorian Tamil Association as well as a separate Go Fund Me page have been set up to collect cash and donations for the shattered and homeless family. The asylum-seeker family lost all of their savings and belongings in the awful inferno. As of 10.30am on 27 July, the Go Fund Me page had collected more than $90,000 from nearly 1500 donors. All proceeds will go towards Rithish’s funeral expenses as well as accommodation, furniture, clothing, and food for the family. Tamil Community Association secretary Murugesu ...