The Oneness-Heart Tears and Smiles in New Zealand in 2005 completed its Kids to Kids project which involved hundreds of school children around New Zealand. This project was used as a way for New Zealand children to reach out their hand in friendship to the children of Sri Lanka. Over 600 packs were created and sent the Dilmah Tea Foundation who distributed them to the children in the Eastern provinces of Sri Lanka.
After hearing news of the terrible tsunami, the Oneness-Heart-Tears and Smiles in Great Britain immediately supplied bags and boxes of dried food, including rice, soup, wheat flour, beans, milk, which were sent by air to Sri Lanka via the Sri Lanka High Commission.
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.
Following the news of the Boxing Day Tsunami, members of The Sri Chinmoy Centres International personally donated over US$86,000 towards countries affected by the disaster—including Sri Lanka. This money will be made available to fund a variety of initiatives, including those organised by other international humanitarian organisations.
The Oneness-Heart-Tear and Smiles United States provided sixty boxes of medical supplies, pharmaceuticals, food and clothing (including four hundred saris) to an American Buddhist association who sent them to Sri Lanka.
A mobile hospital for children was sent from the Czech Republic to the southern part of Sri Lanka, for which The Oneness-Heart-Tears and Smiles Czech and Slovak Republics acted as one of the main sponsors. Greatly appreciated by the doctors and coordinators involved, The Oneness-Heart-Tears and Smiles has been invited to assist with on-going support for this valuable on-the-ground effort, and the Sri Lankan Government has requested for this mobile hospital to be active for at least a year.
The Czech and Slovak offices sent medicines and medical supplies at a value of US$33,000 to Sri Lanka during weeks following the tsunami disaster, and also collected US$9,000 for an international humanitarian organisation who are active in the region.
The director of The Oneness-Heart-Tears and Smiles in Sri Lanka—a school principal named Jagantha Wanigasooriya—formed a team of three doctors and three nurses and visited different camps for displaced people in the Matara and Galle districts, offering food, medical care and powdered milk for children. This initial effort in the immediate aftermath of the tsunami was made possible by funds sent by The Sri Chinmoy Centres International.
In Kazakhstan we coordinated paintings by school children expressing their affection, friendship and encouragement to be sent to children in Sri Lanka.
The Oneness-Heart Tears and Smiles in New Zealand in 2005 completed its Kids to Kids project which involved hundreds of school children around New Zealand. This project was used as a way for New Zealand children to reach out their hand in friendship to the children of Sri Lanka. Over 600 packs were created and sent the Dilmah Tea Foundation who distributed them to the children in the Eastern provinces of Sri Lanka.
After hearing news of the terrible tsunami, the Oneness-Heart-Tears and Smiles in Great Britain immediately supplied bags and boxes of dried food, including rice, soup, wheat flour, beans, milk, which were sent by air to Sri Lanka via the Sri Lanka High Commission.
About Sri Chinmoy - The Founder of the Oneness-Heart-Tears and Smiles
Sri Chinmoy Centres International
