• Distribution of instant food to camps.
  • Medical camps setup in Galle , Matara, & Hambantota 
  • Psychosocial training given to 50 religious leaders.
  • Over 12000 dry rations were distributed
  • In kind donation un-quantified
  • 200 tents were setup
  • Distribution of non food household items - 6562 families
  • (Kerosene cookers and lamps, bed sheets, sleeping mats, pillows, mosquito nets, cooking utensils, towels, saris, sarongs, and soap)
  • Temporary Shelters 680
  • Cash for work - 20147 man days (supported vulnerable tsunami-affected communities to stitch school uniforms, clear public areas, dig coir pits, repair damaged community infrastructure, and build transitional shelters in Galle, Matara & Hambantota.) 
  • School uniforms provided to 8000 students
  • Stationeries provided to 5000 students
  • SED Galle constructed 29 temporary class rooms at six tsunami affected schools.
  • (Sudharma Maha Vidyalaya - Galle, Vidyaloka College - Galle, Richmand College - Galle, Devapathiraja College - Galle, Olcot Vidyalaya, Akurala Kanitu Vidyalaya)
  • Caritas Poland's scholarship to 178 students. (Rs. 2000.00 per month)
  • Furniture such as new chairs, desks and cupboards provided for 12 schools
  • Different trauma counseling workshops for 1200 students.
  • Caritas Center for Trauma Counseling started in Matara
  • Trauma Counseling Training given to 174 people in Hambantota.
  • Livelihood
    • Agriculture - 20 families
    • Small business development - 370 families
    • Coir Machines - 61 families
    • Sawing Machines - 61 families
    • Tradesmen's Tools - 174 families
  • Fisheries Equipments - 998 families.  (90 Boats , 70 Engines , 3731 Fishing Nets , 50 Monofilaments )

 

Last updated -2007/11/27

Caritas SED-Galle Srilanka - 2007 - Info@caritassedgalle.org

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