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Batticaloa & Potuvil, in the
Eastern Province of Sri Lanka
We have asked Mr. Pavalakanthan,
Director of Education of Batticaloa to let us know the requirements of
Bicycles and Sewing Machines for the Tsunami affected victims in
Navalady and awaiting his response. Bicycles and Sewing Machines are in
short supply and we have to be in the queue after we place the orders.
A company in USA showed interest in building free hostel accommodation
to the children (affected by Tsunami Tidal waves) who lost the
breadwinner of the family. At their request we are taking steps to
obtain a DVD presentation for two hostels - one for 200 children in
Batticaloa and another for 100 children in Komari / Thirukovil area in
the Pottuvil district.
Killinochchi in the Vanni area
of Sri Lanka
We
have now placed an order for a further 50 bicycles for school girls.
The order is being processed by one of the relevant companies that
assemble bicycles.
At present temporary shelter is provided to the affected persons.
In view
of this we are of the opinion the immediate steps should be taken to
provide those affected with Income generating schemes.
Several
persons who survived the disaster depend on their lively-hood by taking
up to fishing. Almost all of them have lost their boats and fishing
nets. They have indicated that they would appreciate if we could
provide them with boats, etc. for this purpose as early as possible.
Mr. T.
Rasanayagam, the Government Agent, Killinochchi informed us that with
the approval of the Government he has allotted land to 224 families in
Kallaru in Kandavalai which is a remote village bordering Mullaitivu
district and badly damaged in the recent catastrophe. The lands
allotted are 2 Km to 3 Km away from the beach.
He informed us that the full cost of a fishing boat, nets, etc. would
be SL Rs. 360,000 (= US $. 3,600 or £.
2,000 or Aus $. 4,500).
It would
be appreciated if we could initially develop this remote village
by finding sponsors. This gesture on the part of the sponsors by
donating the required amount would undoubtedly make the unfortunate
surviving victims to restart their lives under a temporary shelter for
the time being and resume their lively-hood.
Donors
who would like to contribute towards units of boats are kindly requested
to stipulate in their covering letter that their donation is for
“Kallaru Project” in the Killinochchi district.
Mamunai village in
Vadamarachchi East of the Jaffna district.
We are taking steps to
procure 30 units of Motor Boats & Fishing Nets for 30 families at
Mamunai in the Vadamarachchi East in Jaffna District, the total cost of
these items would be approximately SL Rs. 10,800,000 (= US $ 120,000).
We placed an initial order for 15 Motor Boats & Fishing Nets to be
handed over to some of the families affected by Tsunami at the Mamunai
village in the Vadamarachchi East of the Jaffna district. In view of a
great demand for Boats the firm with which we placed the previous order
informed us that our order for another 15 Boats would be lower down in
the queue and would take more than 3 months to process. We are
therefore looking for a new Boat manufacturer to place an order for
another 15 Boats for Mamunai village.
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