{"id":3902,"date":"2024-08-06T07:09:09","date_gmt":"2024-08-06T07:09:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/helpinghandsceylon.org\/?p=3902"},"modified":"2025-12-13T07:37:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-13T07:37:07","slug":"dry-ration-donation-at-thannekumbura-village-officers-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/helpinghandsceylon.org\/?p=3902","title":{"rendered":"Dry Ration Donation at Thannekumbura Village Officer\u2019s Office"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"3902\" class=\"elementor elementor-3902\" data-elementor-settings=\"{&quot;ha_cmc_init_switcher&quot;:&quot;no&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ada60fc e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"ada60fc\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3caaa48 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3caaa48\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"xdj266r x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs x126k92a\"><div dir=\"auto\">Helping Hands Ceylon successfully hosted a remarkable dry ration donation event on August 4th, 2024, benefiting 60 families in Thannekumbura, one of Kandy\u2019s largest provincial areas. The event featured Rs 5,000 worth of essential food items for each family, under the leadership of our esteemed\u00a0 Managing Director, Dr. Vandana Rajapakshe.<\/div><\/div><div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\"><div dir=\"auto\">We were privileged to have distinguished guests in attendance, including a generous foreign donor, the Chief of the Samurdhi Division, the Divisional Officer, the Economic Development Officer, and members of both Helping Hands Ceylon and the local welfare council.<\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-07f7b8e e-grid e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"07f7b8e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f913afb elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"f913afb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" 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The support from our partners and the local community created an inspiring and uplifting experience for all. We are incredibly grateful to everyone who contributed to this meaningful initiative.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Helping Hands Ceylon successfully hosted a remarkable dry ration donation event on August 4th, 2024, benefiting 60 families in Thannekumbura, one of Kandy\u2019s largest provincial areas. The event featured Rs 5,000 worth of essential food items for each family, under the leadership of our esteemed\u00a0 Managing Director, Dr. Vandana Rajapakshe.We were privileged to have distinguished [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3944,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"give_campaign_id":0,"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33,30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3902","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community-empowerment","category-projects"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/helpinghandsceylon.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3902","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/helpinghandsceylon.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/helpinghandsceylon.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/helpinghandsceylon.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/helpinghandsceylon.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3902"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/helpinghandsceylon.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3902\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3953,"href":"https:\/\/helpinghandsceylon.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3902\/revisions\/3953"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/helpinghandsceylon.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3944"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/helpinghandsceylon.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3902"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/helpinghandsceylon.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3902"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/helpinghandsceylon.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3902"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}