Help Mrs Kanthi Silva

Hi, I am Jeanette and I am fund raising for a dear friend’s Mum. My friend is Manoj and his Mum is Kanthi Silva.

Kanthi and Manoj live in Sri Lanka. I met them both about 20 years ago when they welcomed me warmly into their roofless house. Sri Lankan people are extremely poor yet they hold such warmth and love in their hearts. There are no kinder, selfless people on this planet. I’ll never forget going to Kanthi’s house, her family were goat farmers at the time and their goats roamed free around the village and the most exciting part of being in Kanthi’s roofless house was the lizards walking freely up and down the walls. I

loved seeing how they lived.

Soon after meeting Manoj and Kanthi the Sri Lankan tsunami destroyed much of the area where they live. These poor people have had an awful lot to deal with.

Kanthi needs open heart surgery. At the moment she is in Kaluthra Hospital and cannot be transferred to Columbo Hospital until they have a bed, finding a bed could take a very long time. The funding for healthcare in Sri Lanka is limited and there are many people on the waiting list for operations.

Manoj would like to try and get his Mum’s operation done privately. There are many people in his Mum’s position waiting for government funded operations, Kanthi is just one of many very ill and financially poor people in this awful situation.

In Sri Lanka, I have been informed that only the health care is free. The patient must pay for medication and most medical tests.

My good friend Manoj works as a tuktuk driver and earns very little money. At the moment he is hardly eating as he cannot afford to feed himself whilst trying to help his Mum. He is struggling to even find the bus fare to visit his Mum.

Kanthi is 68 years young and she could have many years ahead of her, if myself and my kind friends could help her.

I know it is impossible to help every one in this situation but if you could maybe spare a few pounds you would be making a great difference to one ladies life.

It’s good to pay it forward ❤️

Thank you from the bottom of my heart. Love Jeanette, the poodle loving ADI xx

Update

Kanyhi is now in Columbo Hospital. This is very good news. Kanthi’s operation will be government funded so this go-fund me is now for medication only, the medication has to be paid for by Manoj.

Such wonderful news. Well done Kanthi and Manoj.