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The Sri Lankan Community in Michigan has launched a fund raising program via the Great Lakes Buddhist Vihara to help the thousands of victims to survive and rebuild. Thank You!!!!
It
is with great gratitude we say "thank you" to all of you who
contributed money, time and energy to this extremely worthy cause. You
can truly feel joy in your hearts thinking that your kind and unselfish
action will result in the quenching of human agony, despair and
disbelief. With the help
of generous people like you we were able to collect about
US$ 91,000. We acknowledged by letters written to you along
with official receipts all your remittances except of those whose
addresses could not be traced. If we have inadvertently missed any one
of you please contact us. We will immediately respond to you. Today, as we say “thank you” to the all of you who contributed to HSLDRF, what you hear is not our voice but the voices of all those in need of help. The sigh of relief, the little smile on the face, of each victim is your reward that you could proudly preserve in your memory for the rest of your lives. * click here for the progress report >>>> * Photo Gallery of the progress>>> 25 families of tsunami victims were settled in the 25 houses in this scheme on 23rd December 2005 after holding a ceremonial function. At this function the Sri Lanka Govt's Minister of Urban Development and Water Supply Mr. Dinesh Gunawardhana, some other Ministers and MPS, The Most Venerable Theripehe Somananda - The Chief Prelate of Udarata Amarapura Sect and Ven. Wattegama Dhammawasa Thero- The Sanganayaka for Australia were present while Mr. Mathew Heinse – Deputy High Commissioner representing the Australian High Commission and Mrs. Christina Prefontaine- Counselor (Political and Public Affairs) representing the Canadian High Commission were present. Some of these distinguished guests addressed the gathering.
The houses in this scheme are of 700 sq. feet and costing Rs. 5,00000 each. And each house contains two bedrooms, two verandahs (rear and front), a kitchen and a toilet room. Each house is further complete with water and electricity.
In addition to supplying a house to each family, a new push cycle was presented. For home gardening plants like coconut, mangoes, lime and karapincha were distributed among all the families.
The selection of the 25 families was made after a very close study of their present conditions. These families, due to the ethnic war prevailing in the northern and the eastern parts of the country had fled from those areas and found shelter in huts built by them unlawfully on the beaches of Hikkaduwa area. They could not live anymore on the beach due to the tsunami and were forced to live in a temporary camp at the school grounds of the Jinaraja Vidyala. They were thus selected for these new houses.
These houses were the result of the kind donations made chiefly by the following foreign organizations and religious institutions:
Sri Subodha Foundation and the Sri Subodharama Sasana Seva society, Peradeniya thank all the kind donors mentioned above.
Please visit Subodha foundation's website to learn about innauguration of housing project at Hikkaduva and Scholorships program. |
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The Great Lakes Buddhist Vihara is run by a non-profit tax-exempted organization. All your donations are tax-deductible.