Donations pour in to help migrant mother whose husband died of heart attack
15 Mar, 2021 08:00 PM
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Buddhini Sooriyaachchi says she is grateful to donors who have contributed to help her and her two children Vinuga, 8, and Vinuth, 7 months. Photo / Alex Burton
Buddhini Sooriyaachchi says she is grateful to donors who have contributed to help her and her two children Vinuga, 8, and Vinuth, 7 months. Photo / Alex Burton
Lincoln Tan is the New Zealand Herald’s diversity, ethnic affairs and immigration senior reporter.lincoln.tan@nzherald.co.nz@LincolnTanNZH
Almost $20,000 in donations have poured in from Herald readers to help a Sri Lankan mother of two young children whose husband died suddenly in their West Auckland home just months before they qualified for a New Zealand residency application.