VIDEO: ‘Derane Daruwo’ exceeds expectations

affected by kidney disease across Sri Lanka, was intended to provide scholarships for 500 students. 

However, TV Derana received over 3,500 pledges via phone calls and online applications, within just 9 hours, each promising to provide financial assistance to a student in desperate need of help to peruse their education. 

Each donation will be made as Rs 1,500 per month for a student for a period of 5 years (Rs 1,500 X 12 X 5), which will amount to Rs 90,000 at the conclusion of the scholarship period. 

Pledges were received during a nine-hour in-depth discussion involving experts, artists and other leading figures which was telecasted live (from 10.00am to 7.00pm) on TV Derana yesterday.