- Project Completed!
- Location: Mamangam, Batticaloa
- Recipients:19 disabled children; three teachers
- Objective:Build annex for a school for the disabled
- Estimated cost:$800 US
Puhalidam
ABDF was first introduced to Puhalidam (Poo-AH-leh-dahm) last year. This is one of a handful of schools in the area that provide an education to mentally and physically handicapped children and was the recipient of funds from ABDF to provide a year of transportation for the kids to and from school. For details on the funding and running of the school, please see last year’s project page.
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- Coming in 2010!
- Location: Vantharumoolai, Sri Lanka
- Recipients:About 150 kindergartners
- Objective:Repair a playground
- Estimated cost:$1,325 US
Vantharumoolai (Van-TAH-roo-moo-lie) is a village about 18 miles north of Batticaloa, site of last year’s computer lab.
The school is run out of these half-finished block-style buildings.
The town is mostly made up of rice farmers, a handful of small shopkeepers and craftsmen (mechanics and such), and a few employees of Eastern University, which is some 5 miles south. The school at Vatharumoolai serves the entire community, starting with kindergarten.
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- Project Completed!
- Location: Vantharumoolai, Sri Lanka
- Recipients:250 students
- Objective:Furnish classrooms
- Estimated cost:$1,100 US
The students have to use this stairwell to get to class.
Vantharumoolai (Van-TAH-roo-moo-lie) is a village about 18 miles north of Batticaloa, site of last year’s computer lab.. The town is mostly made up of rice farmers, a handful of small shopkeepers and craftsmen (mechanics and such), and a few employees of Eastern University, which is some 5 miles south. The school at Vatharumoolai serves the entire village, starting with kindergarten.
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