Humanitarian Projects
In an Old Age Home for Women
Traveling from Colombo, the capital of Sri Lanka, we arrived at this quiet village of Warapalana in the district of Yakkala in 45 minutes. Twenty elderly ladies live in the Warapalana home for women. It feels like the perfect place to spend one’s old age being surrounded by trees and vegetation. Most of the women…
Road to Health
We have sponsored the construction of the road to and the inner pathways at Dunhinna Rural Hospital. Traveling approximately 10KM on winding mountain roads from Kandy, the main city in the hill country of Sri Lanka, you can reach the village of Dunhinna in 30 minutes. The village is safely hidden among the beautiful green…
Five Students Receive Scholarships
Projects spring up as Bhante is intuitively led to them. We paid school fees for five students whose families were badly affected by the earthquake in Nepal. Each student had all his or her fees paid as needed for one year of collage education. Two of the students Ms. Krishna and Mr. Sachin were children…
New Building for Kalika Higher Secondary School
As we continue our efforts to rebuild schools that were destroyed by the deadly earthquake in Nepal, we have completed the construction and handed over a new building in Mahedrakanthi Higher Secondary School in Kalika, Nepal. This is the fourth school to receive a new building from us in the disaster Zone. At the inauguration…
School Furniture Donation
We donated urgently needed school furniture to Sri Saraswathi Primary School in Kalika 9, Sindhupalchok District, Nepal. Kalika 9 is one of the most remote and difficult villages to get to in the Himalayan mountain range. After traveling by car on an unpaved, difficult and narrow road for a while, Bhante Ji hiked down to…
Building A Village for Homeless People
Village for homeless people? Yes we built a village for homeless people in Mongolia. At the time I am writing this letter, I heard that the temperature is 40 degrees below zero. That is -40. It is very, very cold. Can you imagine being homeless in this kind of cold weather? When I saw their…
100 Families Receive Winter Blankets
We were able to provide blankets for 100 families who lost their homes to the earthquake in Bhakthapure, Nepal. Among the many needy people during this critical time, we chose mostly senior citizens who are currently living in temporary housing. Since I had met these mothers and fathers in my previous visits to the area…
Jumdhi Village Gets Drinking Water
Bhante Wimala has inaugurated his 6th water project to provide water for the devastated earthquake victims in Nepal. This time we were able to provide drinking water for 120 families who live in Jamdhi village ward #1,3 and 5. After receiving a request for the drinking water project, Bhante Wimala visited Jamdhi. He saw how…
