Help Sri Lanka:
Small Projects,
Immediate Impact
St. Cecilia's Girls School
ABDF.org is dedicated to raising funds to donate to small-scale projects that are needed by the people of this region of Sri Lanka. Our projects have a maximum total of $1,500USD, which means that donations can quickly match the need of each project and create immediate benefits for the people of Batticaloa.
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ABDF.org is very grateful to Google, Inc. for this grant.
- Location: Mangikkadu, Batticaloa, Sri Lanka
- Recipients:30 students, two teachers
- Objective:Security fence for a school
- Estimated cost:TBD (see below)
The school and weakly fenced in grounds.
Mangikkadu, the site of one of our water tank projects, is a village of 127 households about 9 km west of Batticaloa. It is on the opposite (“land-side”) shore of the lagoon that separates Batticaloa from the interior. Until 2007 it was LTTE-held territory. This meant that development was almost non-existent before the government re-took the area, and today development is an extremely slow process.
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Well, I feel a lot better today. Yesterday I was sick. Every year around this time I seem to get some sort of 24 hour virus. It’s a typical cold; fever, congestion, cough and some joint pain. Getting a cold in the tropics is miserable because with the fever you are never comfortable.
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Care2 Petitionsite has a cause to help provide clean drinking water around the world.
We at ABDF.org support this basic human right and ask people to support and donate to causes like these. This is a petition to ask senators to cosponsor the Water for the World Act.
Sign the petition at the Care2 Petitionsite.
884 million people who do not have access to clean water
Provide Water for the World
Target: U.S. Senate
Sponsored by: The ONE Campaign
In his Inaugural Address, President Obama said, “let clean waters flow.” With those words, he brought recognition to the suffering of 884 million people who do not have access to clean water and 2.5 billion without adequate sanitation.
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Monday, June 15, 2009
So last week a couple interesting things happened that I wanted to tell you about. One was odd, the other fun.
Last Wednesday I participated in what is seen to be a Hindu miracle. I had better give you some background.
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