A summary of our funding achievements

So far approximately £25,000 has been collected and donated to the cause since this initiative began. Presently about £1200 every quarter is remitted. We have about 20 regular donors and two companies who also donate on a regular monthly basis. Occasionally we have unusual donations, one of our regular donors who got married recently requested his guests to donate to this initiative.

• One of the nutritional feeding centres is completely funded by this initiative, there are about 25 children who are regularly fed.(create link to feeding centre)
• More than eight sewing machines have been bought and handed over to Widows Empowerment project funded by the Quakers of Shrewsbury (create link to sewing machine photographs
• A printing machine was donated to one of the vocational training centres and this was partly funded by an LCIF grant (create link to Printing machine & LCIF)
•  Money was sent to buy essential kitchen utensils for the Gangodawilla girls home
• The shower rooms and the kitchen were completely refurbished out of the donations. These two projects were overseen by the Nugegoda Midtown Lions Club

Directly after the Tsunami, the Lions club in district 105BS comprising of 65 clubs, formed a Tsunami disaster committee. This committee was chaired by Trevor Thevarajah from Shrewsbury Lions club who is one of the initiators of this appeal. They donated over £65,000. This money was used to buy 20 fishing boats and engines, 6 sets of carpentry tools, and a Child care care centre was also built in one of the worst hit areas in the Eastern Province

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