SUNSHINE ACTION Sri Lanka

Feb 2013, four Sunshine Action volunteers went to Chilaw, Sri Lanka with the following mission:

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We rebuilt 6 completely new houses for those who lost it during the disaster, plus a new community hall.

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following our global 'Plant the Planet' program... this time we planted 100 fruit plants

Feb 2013, Sunshine Action received post-flooding call request for help in 2 villages due to severe flooding:

From our friend, Fr. Jude : " Most of my belongings and those of good number of my children got destroyed by the floods. They have no jobs these days. Therefore, nothing to eat. They are in need of food. Seemaweliya village people where we went to plant tree, have about one meal a day. Some of the houses in Manuwangama our next village are all destroyed, they live in miserable conditions. They are urgently in need of help. Please be kind enough to provide some flood-relief funds.

We shall be providing for them a shower to clean themselves, some decent clothes to in place of their rags, place to recreate themselves, place to pray and meditate, We shall also be providing medical facilities, library facilities, some facilitators for counselling and rehabilitation of prostitutes, alcoholics, drug-addicts and those with any other addictive behaviour, a job bank for those unemployed.

All these facilities are going to be under one roof. In order to begin our services we are urgently in need of 10 bath-rooms and toilettes, tables, chairs and kitchen utensils. It is really a worthy cause, which is very rare in Sri Lanka. So, please, be kind enough to continue to help us.

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 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...

Pomegranate 石榴樹, Guava 番石榴樹, Papaw 巴婆樹, Mango 芒果樹, Cashew 腰果樹

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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 housed at Rajagiriya marks its 119^th 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.

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.

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 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:

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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亞洲愛心斯里蘭卡行 - FEB 2013

Feb 2013, Sunshine Action received post-flooding call request for help in 2 villages due to severe flooding:

耀陽行動 - 亞洲愛心斯里蘭卡行 - MAR 2011

PLANT the PLANET Sri Lanka 植樹愛地球‏