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Trek4Ceylon was excited and honoured to attend the 2025 Annual Conference of the Methodist Church Sri Lanka in Colombo. Our representatives were invited to address the delegates - to report on the T4C annual bike ride and to share the charity's vision to extend and modernise the healthcare available to the local community by renovating and refurbishing St Luke's Hospital in Puttur.

It was of great encouragement to have our plans and fundraising efforts received with delight and enthusiasm.

A group of keen amateur hikers from the United Kingdom successfully climbed to the top of Mount Kilimanjaro. At 5,895 metres, it is Africa's highest mountain and is said to be the world's highest free-standing mountain.

You can read more about their adventure on Sri Lanka's Daily Mirror newspaper's website .

Trek4Ceylon's Trinushka Perera and David Rasiah met with Dr. Nandika Sanath Kumanayake—Secretary to President, Hon. Anura Kumara Dissanayake—at the Sri Lankan Presidential Secretariat. They were privileged to be able to brief the Secretary about T4C's past activites and achievements, and to discuss the charity's future plans.

Dr. Kumanayake was very supportive of T4C's endeavours, promising to assist wherever needed, and agreed to arrange a meeting later in the year with the President himself, who was unable to attend this meeting.

The Secretary happily accepted a T4C2025 ride jersey, which he will present to President Dissanayake on behalf of Trek4Ceylon.

Trek4Ceylon had the pleasure of meeting Hon. Vijitha Herath, the Sri Lankan Minister of Foreign Affairs. The meeting was held at the Ministry of Tourism and proved to be very productive.

Following a discussion about our fundraising efforts, as well as our recent and upcoming campaigns, the Minister confirmed his intention to attend our celebrations in February 2026.

Hon. Vijitha Herath was keen to be notified of all our plans and activities, and most encouragingly, the Ministry are happy to promote Trek4Ceylon and its projects.

Trek4Ceylon had the privilege of visiting the Canadian High Commission to meet His Excellency Eric Walsh. The High Commissioner was very interested to hear about our plans for the 2026 ride and receive an update on our project at St Luke's Methodist Hospital.

Trek4Ceylon representatives were invited to meet the British High Commissioner to Sri Lanka, His Excellency Andrew Patrick. We were honoured to be given the opportunity to update the High Commissioner on the St Luke's Methodist Hospital project and on our plans for the 2026 ride.

Our 2025 annual charity cycle ride was a resounding success with seventy riders from nine nations taking part in raising much needed funds for St. Luke's Methodist Hospital. We offer our heartfelt thanks to the cyclists, donors, sponsors, partners, organisers, volunteers and everyone else involved in making T4C2025 a wonderful event.

Read more about T4C2025 on Sri Lanka's Daily Mirror newspaper's website .

A team of three UK cyclists, calling themselves Base Camp Bikers, trekked to Everest Base Camp in November 2024 to raise funds for Trek4Ceylon. You can still contribute towards their fundraiser through JustGiving . No donation is too small.

View the stunning photos of their trek and be inspired to plan your own Trek4Ceylon fundraising event.