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Sing –along fund raiser
Heart To Heart Trust Fund theme song “HADATA HADAK” sung by
Volunteers of the Heart to Heart Trust Fund sang their hearts out at a sing-along organised by this group as a fund-raiser held recently at Raffles Hotel Mirihana. Taking centre stage was Rajiv and his Clan who kept the invitees captivated with their scintillating sounds and non music rendition of the best in pop in rhythm and beat
The heart to Heart Trust Fund is a charitable trust functioning under the patronage of the President and co -founded by leading consultant Cardiothoracic Dr Rajitha Y de Silva and his mentor ,eminent senior consultant Dr Ruwan Ekanayake. The fund also has a group of individuals who voluntarily support this noble cause. They firmly believe that none should die or suffer from heart diseases in this country because of financial difficulties
Heart to Heart Trust work towards helping and developing cardiac services, conducts educational programmes to create awareness among individuals of heart diseases and raise funds to support surgery
This is the third fund-raising sing along. The first one was held in 2017 and the other was in 2019, said Shanti Fernando, Executive, Co-ordinator (Honorary) Heart to Heart Trust Fund. She said over the initial nine year period, we has been able to help save over 550 lives, who have undergone various procedures and now living normal lives.
The Abhayadanaya programme, as it is called, is yet another fundraiser organised by the Heart to Heart Trust Fund. Families and individuals too can join this programme by sponsoring a patient to commemorate an event or anniversary or celebrate a wedding or other social event by saving a life of a cardiac patient with the money which they will otherwise spent on a celebration.This is an inspirational and invigorating experience for patients to find compassionate persons, or individuals, who are caring to meet their needs, the cost for surgery and be a beacon of hope.