Hayleys continues relief effort for IDPs in the north

Employees of the Hayleys Group are voluntarily donating a day’s salary towards the needs of the internally displaced in northern Sri Lanka, and their companies will double the funds thus raised, as a continuation of the initiatives begun more than a month ago to help the IDPs.

In a speedy response to the humanitarian needs of thousands who fled the fighting in the north and east, Hayleys launched its relief effort on April 25th to provide drinking water, sanitation facilities, food and clothing to the IDPs. The Group initially deployed containers, flexi-tanks and water pumps, which supplied the camps with 150,000 litres of water a day for a week. It has to date donated plastic storage tanks of 2000 litres each, materials for the construction of 100 temporary toilets, plastic barrels of 220 litre capacity, 50,000 pairs of examination gloves, 20,000 pairs of household gloves and bed sheets, as well as food, clothing and cleaning implements, a spokesman said. Read more ...