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Doctors and hearing specialists donate hearing aids to deaf Sri Lankan children (From Your Local Guardian)
Doctors and hearing specialists from a health trust have donated 55 hearing aids to a charity to help deaf children in Sri Lanka.
The hearing aids, which belonged to Epsom and St Helier Trust patients, who now have newer digital models, were donated to Helplanka – a charity based in Carshalton – that has been helping children in Sri Lanka since 2005.
Sam Goonetillake, the chief executive of the charity, and Tom Brake, MP for Carshalton and Wallington and Patron of Helplanka, collected the hearing aids from St Helier Hospital yesterday (November 26).
The hearing aids were officially handed over by Karen Breen, the Trust's director of operations and Natasha Porter from the audiology team.
Mr Brake said: "I'm very proud to be the Patron of Helplanka, and would like to thank the team at Epsom and St Helier hospitals for donating these hearing aids – we know their support will be greatly appreciated by the children of Sri Lanka. It’s amazing to think that something that is no longer of use to patients here will do so much for children overseas."
Mr Goonetillake will travel to Sri Lanka in December to deliver the hearing aids to the Nuffield Deaf School in the city of Jaffna.
He said: "I would like to thank the staff at St Helier Hospital for their generous donation of hearing aids which will make a real difference to their lives of deaf Tamil children in the city of Jaffna.
"I'd also like to thank Tom Brake for his continued support of our work. Helplanka aims to help to help all communities in Sri Lanka for the long term."
For more information on Helplanka, visit www.helplanka.co.uk.
Doctors and hearing specialists from a health trust have donated 55 hearing aids to a charity to help deaf children in Sri Lanka.
The hearing aids, which belonged to Epsom and St Helier Trust patients, who now have newer digital models, were donated to Helplanka – a charity based in Carshalton – that has been helping children in Sri Lanka since 2005.
Sam Goonetillake, the chief executive of the charity, and Tom Brake, MP for Carshalton and Wallington and Patron of Helplanka, collected the hearing aids from St Helier Hospital yesterday (November 26).
The hearing aids were officially handed over by Karen Breen, the Trust's director of operations and Natasha Porter from the audiology team.
Mr Brake said: "I'm very proud to be the Patron of Helplanka, and would like to thank the team at Epsom and St Helier hospitals for donating these hearing aids – we know their support will be greatly appreciated by the children of Sri Lanka. It’s amazing to think that something that is no longer of use to patients here will do so much for children overseas."
Mr Goonetillake will travel to Sri Lanka in December to deliver the hearing aids to the Nuffield Deaf School in the city of Jaffna.
He said: "I would like to thank the staff at St Helier Hospital for their generous donation of hearing aids which will make a real difference to their lives of deaf Tamil children in the city of Jaffna.
"I'd also like to thank Tom Brake for his continued support of our work. Helplanka aims to help to help all communities in Sri Lanka for the long term."
For more information on Helplanka, visit www.helplanka.co.uk.