Ice bucket Challenge in Sri Lanka style

How Hirunika, Malsha, Otara, Iraj, Bhathiya, Mahela - Sanga bathed in ice water  Obama refused to bathe   Criticism from Pamela that it is an organisation which harasses animals

The ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis) Ice-bucket Challenge has already become popular in the internet and it has been launched with the objective of collecting funds for patients suffering from a neurological disorder.  



Though it takes a humorous outlook, it is nevertheless a beneficial one and this project has spread like a virus while famous individuals in society have joined in this. For the reason that others are curious to watch how people bathe water, funds have been accumulating at a rapid pace.

This project which commenced on 15 July this year has earned a sum of 53.3 million dollars by yesterday (August 22), organisers state. They say that they could earn only 2.2 million dollars last year during this period by using other methods and this competition had increased it by 24 times. 

One of the conditions in the contest is to bathe from a bucket of ice-water and also publicise it over the YouTube.

Among foreign nationals who joined this project are Marc Shukerberg, Bill Gates, George W. Bush, Tom Cruise, Britney Spears, Lady Gaga, Justin Bibber, Taylor Swift, Gwinith Pletro and Sonny Leon.

Though American President Barak Obama was invited to join the Challenge, he had responded saying that he is unable to do so but that he would contribute to the fund. He had been nominated by several individuals and he had replied to the Challenge of Ethel Kennedy, a member of the Kennedy family. 

In the meantime after popular Hollywood actress Pamela Anderson had been named for this Challenge, she had criticised the ALS Project explaining that living beings are being utilised for research on this Project and it is an institution that gives indirect contribution to animal harassment and therefore she declines the Ice-bucket Challenge and also refuses to contribute towards the fund. 

In the same way, famous physician Brian O'Neil points, as a shortcoming of this Project as bathing ice-water unexpectedly is not bearable by everybody and that because of this very same Challenge there is a tendency for people to develop neuro-diseases. In the process, William Macville who criticises the progress of this Project says that this Ice-bucket Bathing is being done for the sake of fun and fashion and that most people are not even interested in mentioning the name of the project while some others keep talking about other funds and that it has now become a 'cannibalistic' project. For that reason, he says that it is difficult to collect funds properly.

The Ice-bucket Challenge has crept into Sri Lanka too and among hose who participated in Ice-bucket Bathing are Iraj Weeraratna, Otara Gunawardena, Malsha Cumaratunge, Hirunika Premachandra, Kumar Sangakkara, Mahela Jayawardena and Bhathiya Jayakody.

What Otara said was to look into the invalids at Chitra Mawatha, Narahenpita as much as it is done regarding this project.

Bhathiya who had a bath in unclean ice-water made a request to think of helping those suffering from the drought in Hambantota too.Hirunika Malsha
Otara

Iraj
Mahela & Sangakkara Bhathiya