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Motion supporting Sri Lanka in Australian Federal Parliament Source : newswire Australian Shadow Minister for Community Safety, Migrant Services, and Multicultural Affairs Jason Wood today passed a motion in the Australian Federal Parliament in support of Sri Lanka. Addressing the Australian Federal Parliament, MP Jason Wood said the current economic crisis in Sri Lanka is propelling to be a humanitarian crisis, with shortages of food, medicines, and other essential items. Stating that the economic crisis has also affected Sri Lankans living in Australia, the Australian Shadow Minister outlined the various charity programmes underway in Australia to provide assistance to Sri Lanka. He said several fundraisers are being carried out in Australia to assist Sri Lanka with much-needed medicines and equipment, such as “Save a Dream Team” and “Ride for Apeksha” which is organized by DS OBA Victoria in partnership with Rotary Australia. Watch Australian Shadow Minister Jason Wood’s speech: facebook ...

UNICEF & ROTARY to raise funds globally to procure medicines for Sri Lanka Dear Friends, Relations and Classmates living in Australia., Like in the past, I hope you could help me with this project too. Kindly pass this to many Sri Lankans living in Australia and all our relations. I am sure they all will help. This is a very urgent and humanitarian project, bringing a partnership between UNICEF & ROTARY to raise funds globally to procure medicines for Sri Lanka, chaired by K.Ravindran former International President of The Rotary, a classmate of mine. Now almost 200 medical items are in shortage, including 76 essential, life-saving drugs, from blood-thinners for heart attack and stroke patients to antibiotics, rabies vaccines and cancer chemotherapy drugs. Essential surgical equipment and anaesthesia is running out so fast that the decision was made for only emergency surgeries, mostly heart and cancer patients, to go ahead. All routine surgeries ...