Sunshine Action Asia Volunteer Tour - Sri Lanka
耀陽行動 - 亞洲愛心斯里蘭卡行 - MAR
2011
March 2011, two Sunshine Action volunteers travelled to
Sri Lanka in a charity mission covering
1'393 families/cases, estimated to benefit approx.
1'953 people directly with more
than 12'300 kg of food, samba
rice, dhal, red rice, beans, green grams, sugar, milk powder,
etc... plus many daily hygiene products such as soap,
detergents, tooth paste, etc...
We covered also some medical items for the Cancer patients
& planted 800 fruit trees in
Chilow area. This was a very inspiring trip to visit the
following organizations:
DIMUTHU FOUNDATION
Dimuthu Foundation is a non profit
organization, founded in 2000. It is a Government registered
charitable institution. Rev. Dr. Jude Nicholas Fernando. started
this mission with a few children. Now it has grown up to over
350 children. We work mainly in the North Western Province of
the Puttalam District.
Sunshine Action covered food bags for
280
poor families with 12 kg each.
PLANT the PLANET Sri Lanka 植樹愛地球
According to
UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAM : An area
of a rainforest the size of a football field is being destroyed
each second. Tropical forests cover 23% of the
Earth's land surface, but they are disappearing at a rate of
4.6 millions hectares a year. Asia leads loses
with 2.2 millions hectares a year.
Sunshine Action started the 'PLANT THE
PLANET' program and have been planting trees in several
countries, including China, Kenya, Thailand, Nepal, etc...
SUNSHINE ACTION sponsored
800 fruit tree
sapling for this special village:
Pomegranate 石榴樹,
Guava 番石榴樹, Papaw
巴婆樹, Mango
芒果樹, Cashew 腰果樹
Would you prepare a better place for future children to live?
SRI LANKA CANCER SOCIETY-
Shantha Sevana Hospice for
Terminal-ill patients
Situated adjacent to the Society’s Cancer
Home at Maharagama, the hospice provides care and solace for
those who have been diagnosed as terminally ill with Cancer. The
Sri Lanka Cancer Society is a voluntary organization of people
working towards relieving Sri Lanka from the devastating effects
of the scourge of cancer.
Sunshine Action covered food
for 35
terminal-ill Cancer patients & some medical items.
SRI LANKA CANCER SOCIETY -
Shanti Hospice
south of Colombo, which began 5 years ago.
It’s the brainchild of the Cancer Society. Established in 1996
mainly due to the generosity of well known philanthropist Sohli
Captain, Shanthi Sevena provides a heaven for terminally ill
victims of cancer who are given care, comfort and relief through
palliative treatment, entirely free of charge.
Sunshine Action covered food for
73 Cancer
patients under treatment.
Amilasiri Vayowurdha Bhikku
Vivekagaraya
The chief incumbent of this temple is
Ven.Amilasiri. He is accomadating old debilitated destitute
priests who have been abandoned as there is no one to care for
them in their old age.
The Temple has about
55
monks with both young and old.
They can not get about in attending to their own needs. They
have to be physically help. Luckily for them they have received
as donations beds for people medically ill. The temple does not
have a vehicle.
The temple does not have a sufficient funds
to meet expenses for the medicine of the sick monks. Above all
the young Chief Monk has donated one of his kidneys to a
suffering young kidney catholic patient to save her life. This
girl is now married with 2 children.
The temple is actually quite far from Colombo
and we hired specially a car to bring the food & material to
these sick monks.
SAMATA SARANA
The charity was set up by the late Sister
Bernie Silva and Father Joe de Mel in the heart of Colombo’s
slum area to help the poorest and most vulnerable slum dwellers;
children, women, refugees, the elderly and the sick. SAMATA
SARANA reaches out to anyone seeking help regardless of gender,
race or religious belief.
Samata Sarana centres are based at
Mutual and Kindigoda and they provide a wide range of services
including nutrition and health care, education and training, day
care programs for infants and the elderly, and rehabilitation
programs.
Sunshine Action covered basic food for
470 cases of
poorest elderly & children.
NAWAMAGA CARE
GIVER'S ASSOC. for the Down Syndrome & Cerebral
Paulsy children.
The association was set up by a Mother with
Down Syndrome son and together with other members, they are
presently teaching about 40
down syndrome & cerebral paulsy slow learner
children. Sunshine Action donated the material for this project.
Down syndrome, or Down's syndrome (primarily in the
United Kingdom), trisomy 21, is a chromosomal condition
caused by the presence of all or part of an extra 21st
chromosome. It is named after John Langdon Down, the British
physician who described the syndrome in 1866. The condition was
identified as a chromosome 21 trisomy by Jérôme Lejeune in 1959.
Down syndrome in a fetus can be identified with amniocentesis
(with risks of fetal injury and/or miscarriage) during
pregnancy, or in a baby at birth.
Down syndrome is a chromosomal condition characterized by the presence of an
extra copy of genetic material on the 21st chromosome, either in
whole (trisomy 21) or part (such as due to translocations). The
effects and extent of the extra copy vary greatly among people,
depending on genetic history, and pure chance. The incidence of
Down syndrome is estimated at 1 per 733 births, although it is
statistically more common with older parents (both mothers and
fathers) due to increased mutagenic exposures upon some older
parents' reproductive cells. Other factors may also play a role.
Down syndrome occurs in all human populations, and analogous
effects have been found in other species such as chimpanzees and
mice.
MISSIONARIES
OF CHARITY - Shanthi
Nivasa
Over 25 years ago, Mother Teresa started this
home in Modera, Colombo. The House is presently taking care of
120 cases of
abandoned elderly & children.
VICTORIA HOME FOR INCURABLES
Victoria Home for
Incurables housed at Rajagiriya marks its 119th year,
having been inaugurated on March 13, 1888. It was set up with
intention of providing a comfortable Home with medical care for
those who by birth, illness or accident, became unfit for work
for their livelihood and whose afflictions are of an incurable
nature.
Sunshine Action covered basic food & Hygiene
products for 135
handicapped members in this house.
SRI SANGAMITTA GIRL'S HOME SHELTER
Sangamitta Child Development Center was
established in 1955 in Colombo. During the past 50 years
of it's existence, the center has served over 1'000 deserted
girls, releasing them to the society as useful citizens.
Sunshine Action covered food & material for
35 girls between
the age of 5 years - 18 Years.
BUDDHIST GANGARAMAYA TEMPLE COLOMBO
With Chief Incumbent of Gangaramaya Temple,
Ven. Galaboda Gnanissara Thero, Sunshine Action contributed to
material for the victimes of Tsunami and also some robes for the
Sick monks at Amilasiri Vayowurdha Bhikku Vivekagaraya.
The temple has a very impressive collection
of Buddhist arts.
LANKA MAHILA SAMITI
The Lanka Mahila Samiti (LMS) is one of the
oldest Ladies Organizations in the country founded in 1930 by
Canadian born Dr. Mary Ratnam, ably assisted by Miss. Cissy
Cooray and a band of ladies dedicated to meaningful social
service. They pioneered the establishment of women's societies
in rural areas linked to the parent body through a network of
voluntary and semi voluntary extension workers.
Sunshine Action covered food & school
material for 150
poor children through 3 pre-schools:
- Uggalboda Pre-School
- Kalapugama Pre-School
- Sri Wimala Pre-School
Sri Lanka , officially the Democratic Socialist
Republic of Sri Lanka and known as Ceylon before
1972, is an island country in South Asia, located about 31 kilometres
(19.3 mi) off the southern coast of India.
As a result of its location in the path of major sea routes,
Sri Lanka is a strategic naval link between West Asia and South
East Asia. It has also been a center of the Buddhist religion
and culture from ancient times as well as being a bastion of
Hinduism. The Sinhalese community forms the majority of the
population; Tamils, who are concentrated in the north and east
of the island, form the largest ethnic minority. Other
communities include Moors, Burghers, Kaffirs, Malays and the
indigenous Vedda people.
The country is famous for the production and export of tea,
coffee, coconuts, rubber and cinnamon - which is native to the
country. The natural beauty of Sri Lanka's tropical forests,
beaches and landscape, as well as its rich cultural heritage,
make it a world famous tourist destination. The island also
boasts the first female Prime Minister in the world, Sirimavo
Bandaranaike.
After over two thousand years of rule by local kingdoms,
parts of Sri Lanka were colonized by Portugal and the
Netherlands beginning in the 16th century, before control of the
entire country was ceded to the British Empire in 1815. During
World War II, Sri Lanka served as an important base for Allied
forces in the fight against the Japanese Empire.
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