{"id":66505,"date":"2017-05-30T14:47:13","date_gmt":"2017-05-30T21:47:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=66505"},"modified":"2017-05-30T14:47:29","modified_gmt":"2017-05-30T21:47:29","slug":"donations-for-flood-relief-in-sri-lanka-a-partnership-with-arpico-online-donations-to-a-central-distribution-location","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2017\/05\/30\/donations-for-flood-relief-in-sri-lanka-a-partnership-with-arpico-online-donations-to-a-central-distribution-location\/","title":{"rendered":"DONATIONS FOR FLOOD RELIEF IN SRI LANKA \u2013  A PARTNERSHIP WITH ARPICO \u2013 Online donations to a central distribution location"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>Anjalika Silva<\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>We are monitoring the ground situation in Sri Lanka. Sources on the ground have informed us that the immediate need is nonperishable packaged food for immediate consumption.\u00a0 When flood waters recede and the displaced are housed in camps, there will be a future need for dry rations. Donors can choose to provide what they choose through the Arpico site with online ordering.\u00a0 They need all basic items for survival.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-66506\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/anjalika300517.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"641\" height=\"292\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/anjalika300517.jpg 641w, https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/anjalika300517-300x137.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 641px) 100vw, 641px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Arpico, has provided 7 categories of\u00a0care packages ranging from\u00a0$15\u00a0to\u00a0$99\u00a0for donors to choose and order online. These care packages consist of essential items that will be needed by those displaced.\u00a0\u00a0 In addition, donors can choose to donate whatever they wish\u00a0 from the range of items available on the eCommerce site\u00a0\u00a0<strong>All donations will be delivered free.\u00a0 Deliveries can be made to individual organizations known to donors or to a central collection location handled by Professional and Intellectual Women\u2019s Association. The address for deliveries is No. 1, Byrde Place, Kirullapone, Colombo.5.<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The link to the Arpico site is\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/arpicosupercentre.com\/care_packages\">https:\/\/arpicosupercentre.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>(pay attention to the https:\/\/ secure site and spelling of arpicosupercentre)<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Click on Flood victims to view care packages.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-66507\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/anjalika3005172.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"347\" height=\"276\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/anjalika3005172.jpg 347w, https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/anjalika3005172-300x239.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 347px) 100vw, 347px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>To order click on the blue price tag.<\/li>\n<li>To register, click on Home\u201d and register to log in.<\/li>\n<li>Please note that the https:\/\/ denotes a secure site for credit card payments.<\/li>\n<li>Donors who do not have contacts for delivery in Sri Lanka can use the organization below.\u00a0 The address as:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Sharmila Gonawala under the name of recipient.\u00a0 The distribution\/delivery address is<\/p>\n<p><strong>Professional and Intellectual Women\u2019s Association,\u00a0No. 1 Byrde Place,\u00a0<\/strong>Kirulopane in Colombo 5,<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>This organization has agreed to be the collection point and contact to handle distribution to the victims.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>NOTES FOR DONORS: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Donors will be required to register and use a password for your account.\u00a0 Please note this for tracking.<\/li>\n<li>Overseas addresses and telephone numbers can be entered in your registration (e.g. +1 202-1234-5678)<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Overseas customers are not required to provide Passport and NIC information<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<li>If your credit card sends an alert and doesn\u2019t recognize the overseas payment, you may receive an email to authorize your payment.\u00a0 OR you can call and inform your credit card company that you will be making an overseas transaction.\u00a0\u00a0 <strong>Your debit will show as ARPICO ECOM.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>This eCommerce site is also available to anyone ordering items for family, or friends, private charities or for any other purpose by registering as a customer.\u00a0 Please take advantage of this to donate or for private orders to your family and friends.\u00a0 More items will be added in the future.<\/p>\n<p>For issues and questions, please contact:<\/p>\n<p>Anjalika Silva \u2013 USA<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:AnjalikaSilva@gmail.com\">AnjalikaSilva@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For website related issues, you will be referred to the web development professionals at Arpico.<\/p>\n<p>Anjalika Silva<\/p>\n<p>490 Whetstone Glen Street<\/p>\n<p>Gaithersburg, MD 20877<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Anjalika Silva We are monitoring the ground situation in Sri Lanka. Sources on the ground have informed us that the immediate need is nonperishable packaged food for immediate consumption.\u00a0 When flood waters recede and the displaced are housed in camps, there will be a future need for dry rations. Donors can choose to provide what [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-66505","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-forum"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66505","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=66505"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66505\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66505"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66505"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66505"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}