Your generous sponsorships will strengthen us
October 2024
Dear Sponsor,
For many years, the Teaching Hospital Peradeniya has been a leader in providing treatments for patients with kidney ailments, particularly in performing transplants for children. However, for a long period of time, these procedures were conducted without designated ward facilities.
The “Peradeniya Kidney Protection Society” affiliated with Teaching Hospital Peradeniya (THP) was formed in February 2020 by us to help Kidney Patients receiving treatment through the hospital. Our immediate response was to assist in establishing the new Renal Care Unit in a new four-storied building with the funds/equipment received from well-wishers locally and abroad. The unit was officially opened in January 2022 and now there are two sections under the Unit namely, the Paediatric unit & Adult unit. The Paediatric unit is the largest in Sri Lanka doing transplants and dialysis for children below 15 years of age.
Sponsorships in General
We rely entirely on donors to ensure our obligations towards the smooth operation of this facility, which benefits kidney patients from all parts of the island. You could make donations as you wish to our society and we assure you that the monies will be spent for the betterment of patients treated in this unit.
Sponsorships for ongoing monthly financial assistance to patients in need
In March 2021, we initiated a welfare project to grant financial assistance to patients with economic difficulties. Initially, an amount of Rs. 3000/00 was given to a patient monthly from the sponsorships received specifically for this purpose. However, with the present-day economic situation, we look forward to giving them Rs. 5000/00 a month. Presently we are sponsoring 85 patients out of which 53 are children.
We are pleased to announce that four sponsors directly manage 37 of these and the responsibility for managing the balance of 49 lies with us, but we find it difficult due to the limited and declining sponsorships we currently receive. Further, it restricts us to grant only 3000/00 monthly per patient.
Nevertheless, we keep on receiving requests for financial support but cannot accommodate them due to the non-availability of sufficient funds. Therefore, we are seeking donors to cover the shortfall and to expand the recipients. We are looking forward to donors for at least one year. We greatly appreciate any sponsorships for additional years. The donors could contribute monthly or in bulk and we take responsibility for distributing monthly.
A donor could sponsor the “x” number by donating the number multiplied by Rs.5000/00 monthly or the monthly amount into the number of months in one go. Although we encourage donations of Rs. 5000/00 a month per patient, we welcome even lesser amounts to maintain at least Rs. 3000/00 a month. The remittances received will be kept in our welfare account and distributed.
The two Nephrologists in charge of the two sections recommend the patients really in need to receive financial assistance. We also obtain recommendations from the relevant Grama Niladhari and the Social Services Officer of the Divisional Secretariat.
Initially, we had a system to allocate a patient to a donor/and allow the donor to remit to the patient's given bank account directly but we had to discourage it due to;
- Some patients succumbed
- Some patients diverted to attend clinics at their nearby hospitals and we have no trace of them
- Donors contributed only for a limited period and we had to look for new sponsors
- Some patients do not follow medical advice and do not attend clinics
- Donation does not reach the patient / the account holder misappropriates the money
- Patients approach and burden the donor with many other social and economic issues
Therefore, now we strongly request donors to remit monies to our bank account (Savings account 86658926 of Peradeniya Kidney Protection Society maintained at Bank of Ceylon – Super Grade branch – Peradeniya) as agreed and we undertake to disburse them to the identified patients monthly.
We encourage remittances to our bank account. However, any cash donations can be made to the President, Vice President, Secretary, or Treasurer, and an official acknowledgement should be obtained.
We kindly ask donors to provide the following information:
- The amount they wish to donate.
- The duration of the sponsorship.
- The preferred method for transferring funds.
Additionally, please include your name, contact number and or email for our records. It is essential to inform us immediately when the funds are deposited or transferred, whether online or through another method. This will help us reconcile our accounts promptly and update our records accordingly.
Thank you
Sincerely
Parakrama Ambanpola
Hon Secretary – Peradeniya Kidney Protection Society
Contact 94 77 732 5086 / 94 71 837 5269
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