Former Sri Lankan cricketer Roshan Mahanama is teaming up with a non-income agency to serve refreshments to residents ready in lengthy queues to get petrol withinside the disaster-hit usa.
Sri Lanka is experiencing its worst monetary problems on the grounds that its independence in 1948. The usa has run out of finances to import even fuel, meals and medicines.
In a tweet on June 18, Roshan Mahanama stated Sri Lankans had to appearance after every different in tough times.
“We served tea and buns with the crew from Community Meal Share this night for the humans on the petrol queues round Ward Place and Wijerama Mawatha,” he stated. “The queues are becoming longer through the day and there might be many fitness dangers to humans staying in queues.”
Mahanama recommended residents to appearance out for others status in queues with them. “Bring ok fluid and meals and if you’re now no longer properly please, attain out to the nearest individual subsequent to you and ask for assist or name 1990,” he added.
Sri Lanka has been witnessing protests and riots on the grounds that March. As outrage in opposition to the government’s managing of the disaster intensified, Mahinda Rajapaksa stepped down as high minister in May.
The scenario withinside the island state is so dire that 4 out of 5 humans have started skipping meals , the United Nations stated, AFP reported.
The World Food Programme, UN’s meals help branch, is trying to raise $60 million to fund a meals comfort attempt for Sri Lanka among June and December.
Earlier this week, it began out handing out meals vouchers to pregnant ladies withinside the capital Colombo.
