Round Table Sri Lanka steps up commitment towards helping the daily wage earners

 
Round Table Sri Lanka (RTSL), amidst the outbreak of COVID-19 where fellow Sri Lankans were on a lockdown, had through its Table associations, namely, Negombo Round Table 7 (NRT7) and Colombo Tuskers Round Table 8 (CTRT8), identified 2500 families whose breadwinners were daily wage earners. 

The organisation said in a media release that it provided them with rations to last for over two weeks, to help them get through these challenging times.

“We had many requests for rations and other food items from many families, for which we did our best to support at this time of need. We are lucky and thankful to have a great support system within our tabling community that always rallies around and supports us with just a simple message being posted in a group where we are able to raise funding through our members as well as through generous well-wishers who have always supported the various charity initiatives of ours,” said Tr. Randhike Cooray, the National Community Service convener of Round Table Sri Lanka.

‘Tablers’ have always been at the forefront of overcoming crisis situations and this time too, many are working tirelessly. At this very moment many of them are at the forefront in their respective fields driving positivism through the veins of our country driving forward industries from Finance, Insurance, Trading, Construction, logistics and transportation, Tea, Technology, Legal, Farming to Medical and many more.

Established in 1994, Round Table Sri Lanka celebrates 25 years of Tabling in Sri Lanka and currently is preparing for expansions in Jaffna and in Kandy. The Round Table (RT) is an international organisation that was founded by Louis Marchesi in 1927, in Norwich, England.