AmeriCares, a US- based non-profit organisation, donated more than US$773,000 of medical supplies, following a request made by the Sri Lankan embassy in Washington.
This donation consists of essential medicines, including prenatal and lactation vitamins, chronic disease medications, intravascular catheters, syringes, and gloves.
Several donations from US non-governmental organisations, including HOPE Worldwide and Heart to Heart International have been made in recent months, in light of a crippling economic crisis in Sri Lanka.
A formal handover ceremony took place at the Sri Lankan embassy in Washington, where current Ambassador Mahinda Samarasinghe received a certificate. Samarasinghe, is known to be a staunch defender of the Rajapaksa regime and has frequently denied that war crimes or other rights violations have taken place, including during his tenure as human rights minister under Mahinda Rajapaksa.