Soul Sounds, Sri Lanka’s award-winning female vocal ensemble, will headline a Christmas charity concert and bazaar in Colombo next month, with ticket proceeds directed to three separate causes.
The concert, titled “O Come Let Us Adore Him”, is presented by the Rays of Hope Foundation and takes place on Saturday, 21 November at 7 p.m. at the Bishop’s College Auditorium, Colombo, EconomyNext reported.
The ensemble will be joined by the Soul Sounds Community Choir, Anjanee Fernando and KingdomCity for a programme of carols, classics and Christmas music.
Where the money goes
Ticket revenue is being split across three beneficiaries, each working with a different group:
- Suwa Arana of the Indira Cancer Trust, whose Make A Wish initiative works with children facing critical illness. The Trust also provides educational support, nutritional assistance and practical aid to cancer patients and their families during treatment.
- Lanka Prison Fellowship’s Angel Tree project, which reaches children of incarcerated parents at Christmas and works to strengthen family bonds.
- Live, Love and Give in Padaviya, a community-led initiative that supports education and English-language training, backs women entrepreneurs and works on sustainable livelihoods through Project Lift and related programmes.
A Christmas bazaar running before and around the concert will support the same causes.
“Christmas is a time for hope, compassion and coming together for something greater than ourselves,” said Chamindri Wijemanne, founder of the Rays of Hope Foundation Sri Lanka. “Through O Come Let Us Adore Him, we hope to bring people together through the power of music while extending meaningful support to causes that make a difference in the lives of others.”
Tickets range from Rs 1,000 for balcony seating to Rs 5,000, and are sold at Thai Boulevard, 33 Queens Road, Colombo 3, between 9 a.m. and 7 p.m.
Not reported
The filing does not give a fundraising target, say how proceeds are divided between the three beneficiaries, or name the concert’s sponsors. It does not say whether the bazaar’s trading revenue is treated separately from ticket sales.
A note on sourcing: this is an events announcement carried by a single verified newsroom. No other verified Sri Lankan outlet had filed on the concert at the time of writing; the one other published item located was a syndicated rewrite on a non-verified site, which is not cited here.
Sources: Soul Sounds leads Sri Lanka Christmas fundraiser — EconomyNext, October 24.