An Urgent Appeal For Clothes From The Commanding Officer Of Jaffna - Sri Lanka

Last night I received a call on my cell phone from Major S.R. Tirumavithane, who is the Commanding Officer in the North of Sri Lanka from the 4th Gemmunu Watch. He said that 2 of his battalions (no longer active but stationary) were hit hard by the Tsunami on Dec 26th, and they've lost everything they had.

He's been feeding the people with dry rations but is urgently appealing for clothes - adult sized ones. Major S.R. Tirumavithaneis appealing to anyone who can clothe the people in 2 of his batalions (400 people/batallion), he also said that he can give full Sri Lanka Airforce clearance for the clothes coming by plane. The Commanding Officer for the North of Sri Lanka can be reached on +94 0212264155

Meanwhile i've found out that theres a person named - Patrick Perera who's working closely with the STF to transport and distribute supplies primarily to the East of Sri Lanka. At the moment they are supplying to the coastal areas between Pandirippu and Panama. They currently have around eleven large trucks for transportationof goods and personnel on the ground to assist with distribution. They should also be able to provide assistance moving areas to other parts of the island as well.


Also Expo Air have offered free flights for this tsunami crisis:

Conditions of carriage:

* Expo Air is only responsible for loading, transportation and unloading of all relief cargo to an from aircraft
* Carriage of ONLY essential relief goods
* Each shipment should be 10,000 kgs (8 tonnes)
* All trucks carrying cargo MUST be weighed and certified of the weight from a weighbridge.
* Shipper's representative shall accompany their cargo and de dropped off at destination.

Flight Schedule - All flights will commence from Ratmalana Airport


* 2 x flights daily to Ampara at 06:00 & 06:15 hrs
* 1 x flight daily to Wirawila at 08:30 hrs
* 1 x flight daily to Batticaloa at 11:00 hrs
* 1 x flight daily to Jaffna at 13:30 hrs

Please contact GERARD JANSZ (of Expo Air) on 0777 186519 in case you have any cargo you need to drop off at these destinations.

Should you need assistance in consolidating several requests into one shipment of 10,000 kgs/ 8 tonnes, you could contact the CHA Information Centre on 4737782 or 4737783 for assistance.



If anyone can please help these 2 affected battalions in the North please do so and get in touch with Major S.R. Tirumavithane on 0212264155 - they need URGENT help in any way possible.


Posted on Behalf of the Commanding Officer of Jaffna.