ABDF

Getting ready to play Cricket.

Peace Village, a tsunami resettlement in the village of Ollikulam, consists of 100 families displaced by the Boxing Day tsunami of 2004. It is a mixed settlement of Muslims and Tamils mostly from the Kattankudy area, about 5 km away on the coast. It is also the site of our road building project.

• Project Completed Update! (See below)
• Location:Kattankudy, Batticaloa, Sri Lanka
• Recipients:40-50 students
• Objective:Provide ESL books
• Final cost:$128 US

English instruction is slowly becoming the norm in Sri Lanka. Especially among the Tamil and Muslim communities, fluency in English is the only way for children to advance in society and benefit their families and communities. Unfortunately, although the government has mandated English instruction, it has largely been unable to follow through with the resources to do so, especially in the minority communities on the east coast.

• Project Completed Update! (See below)
• Location: Kaluthavalai, Batticaloa, Sri Lanka
• Recipients:400 students, 50 volunteer staff
• Objective:Helping teachers teach their students
• Final cost:$717 US

Kaluthavalai (Ka-loot-ah-va-lee) is a village on the outskirts of Kaluwanchakudy, about 25 km (18 miles) south of Batticaloa. The community is comprised of sustenance rice farmers and bettle leaf harvesters. The area has the general reputation of being one of the more backwards of the District’s costal strip. Needless to say this reputation is only cemented in the public eye by the dismal state of the three village schools.