Chairman's Review
It's with great pleasure that I pen a few words to show my deep appreciation on behalf of Manitha Neyam Trust, incorporated under the Trust Ordinance in July 1999. We started off concentrating mainly on providing relief to civilians affected by the war in the North and East of Sri Lanka, details of which are given in this report.
The victims affected by the civil strife include children who have lost their breadwinner; deaf, blind and disabled children and elderly persons who have become destitute, as a result of their kith and kin either losing their lives or having fled the country.
We are pleased to state that we have had the support of concerned individuals from this country and U.S.A., Canada, U.K, and Australia and trustees of these organisations have put in a lot of effort to solicit donations for the benefit of the needy people of this country.
We are so proud to express our appreciation and sincere thanks to the Perkins Blind School in Boston for having provided 10 Braille machines to the children in Iniya Valvu Illam in the Mullaitivu district. We also obtained further 14 Braille machines to Iniya Valvu Illam. It is heartening to note that four of these children have gained admission to the University of Jaffna. On the basis of the results of the last GCE A/ L examination threee more students are eligble to gain admission to the university. We are very confident that by providing a few more Braille machines, many more students would be able to enter the universities of this country.
Tsunami struck the coastal areas in the North, East and South of this country on the 26th of December 2004. We took immediate measures to provide relief to the people affected, by distributing dry-rations and utility items such as cooking utensils, sewing machines, bicycles and uniforms to the school going children. We have also embarked on providing long-term livelihood measures to the victims in these affected areas, by supplying boats, motors and fishing nets.
As you know, there is a great demand for humanitarian services of this nature in this country and we sincerely hope and pray that more donors from this country as well as abroad will come forward to help us achieve our goals.
I wish to conclude by thanking all those for their generous contributions.
V. Kailasapillai
Chairman
Manitha Neyam Trust
Sri Lank
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