Our Projects - Ranaviru Fund

Ranaviru Fund has provided rehabilitation, educational and medical aid worth over Rs. 4.5 million for the benefit of the war veterans and their families. We have facilitated over 800 scholarships and medical aid for the children of deceased and/or disabled soldiers by facilitating the scholarship programs of the Sri Lanka Air Force, Sri Lanka Navy and Ranaviru Seva Authority.

In addition, Ranaviru Fund has built accessible toilets and washrooms for the benefit of heroic soldiers who suffered permanent disability. Delivering beyond set expectations, the charity was able to provide equipment to establish a brand new operation theater facility at the new military hospital in Colombo as well as a resource centre for visually impaired soldiers.

In providing assistance for urgent medical needs for the soldiers and their immediate family members, we managed to support many with assistance from our valued donors.

Meeting our social and communal responsibility as a charity funded by the public, the charity has supported number of events organised by local community as well as funded select community relief efforts.

Full details of our projects are available in this section.

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Ranaviru Fund is pleased to donate another lot of Radio Controlled Talking Calendar Alarm wrist watches for the benefit of visually impaired soldiers living at Abimansala 3 in Kurunegala. Ranaviru Fund has previously donated a consignment of equipment for the benefit of visually impaired soldiers. It was a timely call that we made with Major Dushyantha Yapa, who himself a person who suffered eye injuries. Dushyantha has been very helpful identifying a common need across all of the soldiers who needed a Talking Watch.

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Sgt: Sunil Rathnayake has been sentenced to death by a Sri Lankan court on alleged war crime during the war again LTTE terrorists. Sgt: Rathnayake and his team has played a key role in the Long Range Reconnaissance Patrol (LRRP) division in Sri Lanka Army to neutralise key LTTE terrorist rings and leaders.

However, after many years Sgt: Rathnayake and many other soldiers who were actively involved in destroying terrorist targets are now facing legal actions against them. Sgt: Rathnayake is now sentenced to death by the court.

Ranaviru Fund has proudly hosted a community event for the first time but with great success. Members and the Trustees of Ranaviru Fund have agreed to host a community event with Sri Lankan Association in Scotland (SLAS) to celebrate the Sri Lankan New Year in April 2015.

Please refer to the SLAS website for the full details of this event.

The need to provide assistance to Brave Soldiers fighting against the LTTE Terrorists has never been demanding. With the recent Military operations in the North to liberate the areas held by the LTTE the number of casualties increased. Therefore, we thought of putting some extra energy towards a mission to help those who have helped us live today by getting together and providing assistance to the disabled young men in the Sri Lankan Army. We have been in direct contact with the Director of the Sri Lankan Army Rehabilitation Unit, Brigadier Dr (Mrs) Sriyani Warusawitharana to identify necessary requirements of these Brave young Men. Directorate has identified, especially made Socket Gel Liners for the use of amputees.

The torrential rain after months of drought has resulted in severe floods in almost 19 administrative districts in Sri Lanka, hampering the lives of thousands. The worst scenario had been the landslides in the mountain regions where still many lives are unaccounted for.

Heavy rains from Thursday 12^th May 2016 pounded the central Sri Lankan region where at least three villages have already been swallowed by mountains of mud, forcing soldiers and police to suspend rescue work.

Rescue work had resumed before fresh rains began in the area. Military spokesman Brigadier Jayanath Jayaweera told reporters in the capital, Colombo, that the army was assessing the situation and would deploy more troops in the worst-hit Kegalle district if needed.

Heavy rains have lashed across the island nation for several days and officials said the extent of the tragedy was still unclear. The Sri Lankan Red Cross said at least 220 families were unaccounted for.