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Nadeesha from Tangalla – by Elmo Jayawardena Nadeesha from Tangalla, 34 years and two children, the husband a labourer, had her leg amputated above the knee for cancer. The husband had no money to feed the children. The amputation was done in the Colombo hospital and they had no way to get back to Tangalla other than by bus. That same evening I was in Melbourne and I had a visitor. An old friend from my younger days. When leaving he gave me some money, quite a lot, and said “Elmo Aiyata Ona deyak karanna” He knew about CandleAid and knew we worked with the poor. Dil immediately got on her computer and transferred the money to CandleAid and that was for Nadeesha and family. That money was used to hire a car for Nadeesha to go home. There was a balance, that will be used to buy them food. The ...