Hayleys continues relief effort for IDPs
Employees of the Hayleys Group are voluntarily donating a day's
salary towards the needs of the Internally Displaced People (IDPs) in
the North, and their employer companies will double the funds thus
raised, to support the continuation of initiatives begun more than a
month ago to help these people.
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Hayleys trucks carrying essential items at the Manik Farm in
Chettikulam. |
Hayleys launched its relief effort on April 25 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, and
has to-date donated plastic storage tanks of 2,000 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.
"We have mobilized resources at our disposal for a co-ordinated
relief effort similar to the one we mounted in the aftermath of the
tsunami," the spokesman said.
Drinking water, sanitation and food are the top priorities and speedy
delivery is critical for an effective response to the humanitarian
situation in the North.
Managers and staff assigned by Hayleys to the relief effort made two
visits to camps north of Vavuniya and a group-wide effort by employees
helped collect food, clothing and utensils for dispatch to the camps.
These efforts were supported by group companies manufacturing
products that would be useful to the IDPs and those capable of providing
transport logistics to deliver these items to the camps, the spokesman
said. |
