{"id":123194,"date":"2014-04-13T12:50:01","date_gmt":"2014-04-13T07:20:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=123194"},"modified":"2014-04-24T13:11:01","modified_gmt":"2014-04-24T07:41:01","slug":"nare-bandaranayake-raising-funds-for-cancer-research","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/nare-bandaranayake-raising-funds-for-cancer-research\/","title":{"rendered":"Nare Bandaranayake Raising Funds For Cancer Research"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.justgiving.com\/user\/48241678\">Nare Bandaranayake<\/a><\/span>\u00a0is\u00a0raising funds for Cancer Research UK.\u00a0<span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">She is running the Race for Life in Regent&#8217;s Park this May 31st.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Nare says; &#8220;In 2011, I ran (well, walked) this race in the memory of my best friend&#8217;s father who passed away from pancreatic cancer that year. Since then the spectre of cancer has come closer and closer to my own home, and in February 2013, my mother was diagnosed with breast cancer. Since then, we have had a number of close friends been diagnosed with various forms of this awful disease &#8211; lung, liver, duodenum, prostate, throat and even tongue.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>To donate click <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.justgiving.com\/Nare-b\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">here<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_123195\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Nera.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-123195\" class=\"size-full wp-image-123195\" alt=\"Nera and Swarna \" src=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Nera.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Nera.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Nera-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Nera-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Nera-50x50.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-123195\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nera and Swarna<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Cancer Research UK is the world&#8217;s leading charity dedicated to beating cancer through research. We are fighting cancer on all fronts, finding new ways to prevent, diagnose and treat it to save more lives. We are entirely funded by the public. 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