Over £24,000 was raised in the Island by Jersey-based charity JETSURE (Jersey Tsunami Relief for North East Sri Lanka) after the tsunami killed up to 40,000 people in Sri Lanka.
The fund-raising was organised by the charity’s committee led by Dr Saravana Pavan, a former associate specialist and surgeon in orthopaedics and trauma at the General Hospital.
‘Some of the fishermen who received the boats were in tears – it was very rewarding to be able to support them in this way’ he said.
