UBER AND SRI LANKA RED CROSS SOCIETY PARTNER FOR A COLLECTION DRIVE ON INDEPENDENCE DAY

Special 68% off on all rides too

2nd February 2016, Colombo: This Independence Day, Uber has partnered with the Sri Lanka Red Cross Society for uberCARE.

This collection drive will give Uber riders the chance to contribute school provisions for rural schools spread out across the island, right from the Uber app.

As part of the Independence Day’s celebrations, Uber is also offering all riders 68% off on all rides on the day. The special discount will apply between 12 noon – 4pm and the promo code to avail this offer is ‘LANKA68’.

What can you contribute?

· Exercise books

· Stationery items such as pens, pencils, erasers, rulers, etc.

· Second-hand story books for school libraries

How it works?

· Open your Uber app between 12 noon and 4pm on Thursday, 04th February 2016

· Slide across to the ‘uberCARE’ option in the app, and ‘Request’

· Bag/pack the items to be collected

· An Uber will arrive to collect your contribution and drop it off at the Sri Lanka Red 

Cross Society office – free of charge. 

· All Uber users can participate in the uberCARE collection drive between 12 noon 

to 4pm on Thursday, February 4, 2016

More information: t.uber.com/uberCARE1 

About Uber

Uber is evolving the way the world moves. By seamlessly connecting riders to drivers through our apps, we make cities more accessible, opening up more possibilities for riders and more business for drivers.

From our founding in 2009 to our launches in hundreds of cities today, Uber's rapidly expanding global presence continues to bring people and their cities closer. Today Uber is available in over 361 cities in 67 countries. www.uber.com

About Sri Lanka Red Cross Society

Sri Lanka Red Cross Society operates under the Geneva Convention of the 12th August 1949 and the UN  Resolution 55(1) recognizing the Red Cross National Society as an Auxiliary to the Government in its humanitarian activities and its right to act upon its Fundamental Principles of Humanity, Impartiality, Neutrality, Independence, Voluntary Service, Unity and Universality. www.redcross.lk