With assistance from Britain and Ireland, we have been
able to assist in developing
twenty houses for homeless
and displaced people, several
of whom were from the the
troubled areas of Srilanka
.Once people have shelter
over thair heads and a dry
floor to sleep on, they
gradually begin to improve the shell of the bulding and
cultivate their gardens for fruit and vegetables.
Community buildings programe |
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This is two hour drive from the town of Kandy in a remote and desolate part of the country, only accessibly by four wheel drive vehicle. Here we have established a playing field for children a venture that has assisted in building upon the community spirit by bringing people together.Other developments have included the construction of interconnecting roads between villages
ColomboHome after |
We have assisted in building two homes for poor families.Funded byJust Pence,Galway,
Ireland.
An income generation project has been developed over the last number of years which assists
people to increase their production of fruits & vegetables for local markets.
This area had a serious suicide problem associated,we are told,with the farmers being very restricted
in marketing their produce.
The project has helped address this problem and the local people
have now been able to diversify their work opportunities in to other areas such as the production
of concrete products and light engineering.Funded by (Pence,B.O.C.,Waterford,Ireland).
New home-Melsiripura |
WE have developed a numbers of income generation projects for poor
families living on the beach at Morawatthe.
These projects are most successful and the repayment of loans to date has
been excellent,which allows a revolving fund for other income generations
activities.
Two young ladies have been trained in Montessori techniques and up to 30 children
attend the Montessori.We would hope eventually that these children would enter
mainstream education.
Some youth have been trained at the Ruhunu Fasion Juki Machine Training School,Dehiwela and are now
in paid employment.
Montessori built by Vincent Commons,funded by Terry Commons,Galway,Ireland.