Tsunami Relief – Rebuild Sri Lanka, through the generosity of all those who contributed to this non-profit foundation, has so far managed to raise enough revenue to:

1)         Help the Pradeep family of Kahawa, Sri Lanka complete the roof of a home which will be their new post-tsunami abode.  Janaka and Lalitha Pradeep’s home in Kahawa, a beach community in southwest Sri Lanka, was completely destroyed by the tsunami waves of December 26th, 2004.  TR-RSL wish the Pradeep family good luck under their new roof.  (Financial was wired on 8/1/05)

2)         Help Ajith Bandula and family get their cement block business back in operation.  Mr. Bandula, whose home and business in Kahawa was almost totally destroyed, built a workshop to house cement making machines and workers with the aid that TR-RSL provided.  With the rebuilding of southwest Sri Lanka, the Bandula’s cement blocks will be a vital commodity.  We wish them luck.  (Aid wired on 8/1/05)

3)         Provide two separate blocks of financial aid to the Child and Youth Development Centre in Galle, southwest Sri Lanka.  Dr. Asoka Jayasena, a dynamic philanthropist and community activist, formed the People in Need Foundation (PINF) after the tsunami tragedy and donated his boyhood home to serve as a new school and youth development center.  His school also serves as a local health clinic and day care center and provides much needed and vital support to the local community, whose school was destroyed in the tsunami disaster.  The center serves upwards of 300+ children, many of them orphaned by the tsunami.  We wish Dr. Jayasena the best of luck and hope to help PINF again in the future.  (Aid wired on 8/1/05 and 9/28/05)

4)         Help Mr. R.C. Somatilake, a teacher in Hikkaduwa, southwest Sri Lanka, construct a new roof on his twice damaged home.  With aid from TR-RSL, the Somatilake family is well on it’s way to recovery from the tragic events of December 26th, 2004.  We wish the Somatilake family all the best.   (Aid wired on 9/23/05)

Future projects of TR-RSL are:

1)   Helping Mr. Janath Kumara, a fisherman from Thirinagama, to replace the roof on his tsunami damaged home.  With the damage to the local economy, Mr Kumara cannot make a living as a fisherman and now works as laborer.  We hope to provide aid in their near future for the Kumara family.

2)         The renovation of the Somasiri Elders Home is Hikkaduwa.  The object here is to help Sri Lankan senior citizens who lost their support system when their homes were destroyed by the tsunami (and in some cases, their adult children were killed, leaving them without any means of support).  Adding additional bedrooms to the existing home in Hikkaduwa is a major project which will cost approximately $10,000 U.S. dollars.