Aid to a Children's Home, June 2004

In early June 2004, a truck load of school equipment, clothing, food items and books from the Swiss branch of The Oneness-Heart-Tears and Smiles was delivered to a children's home in Sri Lanka.

The nineteen-year civil war in Sri Lanka has resulted in the displacement, sometimes several times, of approximately 800,000 people, one-third of whom are children. With the commencement of peace negotiations, over 183,000 internally displaced persons have returned to their places of origin. Returning children, many of whom have dropped out of or never attended school, are especially vulnerable.

We delivered supplies to a children's home which serves 48 girls from broken homes or who are orphans, and personally handed gifts of clothing to each of the children.