Tsunami Disaster Relief Efforts

Livelihood Assistance Programs for Tsunami Victims

We have helped many people who lost their livelihood to the Tsunami. Those who lost everything had no foundation to build their lives again. People from all walks of life were struggling to start their livelihood and generate income to support their remaining families. I got hundreds of requests from the refugees who were eager…

100 Children Who Were Affected By The Tsunami Receive Scholarships

As you might already know, over the last five years the Triple Gem Society has given scholarships to underprivileged students, especially girls, from around the world. After the tsunami, we streamlined our program to focus on as many affected girls and boys as possible. So far we have accepted 100 students, and are considering the…

152 Homeless Families Receive Temporary Homes

As of April 23rd, 2005 we have provided housing for 152 families in our Triple Gem housing units. The Triple Gem Society Camp number 6 was opened on the 23rd of April. Twenty-eight more families moved into the individual units there. Now all together we have provided temporary homes for one hundred and fifty two…

89 Homeless Families Move Into Temporary Housing

The Triple Gem Society tsunami housing project has successfully completed 70 family units in five different locations. We are delighted to inform you that we now have a Triple Gem Camp No. 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5. These camps are actually large buildings, composed of up to 20 individual one-room family units. As you…

Triple Gem Transitory Housing Scheme

On the 12th of April, 26 homeless families moved into their 130 square feet private homes. For over three months they have lived in a crowded school near Baticaloa. They had no Privacy and slept on floor mats with 20 other families in a crowed hall. The school located in the village of Kalladi near…

Construction of Toilets And Drinking Water Facilities

When large number of families live in refugee camps it is easy to spread disease and hard to maintain proper hygienic conditions, especially without toilets and water. I saw this problem in some of the refugee camps. Some camps had no water and the ones that did have water did not have enough. The same…

Triple Gem Housing Projects

I am glad that this time I can share with you more good news. In two different locations in Kalmunai we built thirty housing units. On the 26th and 27th of February as we dedicated the premises 30 homeless families got a private space where they can call home until the permanent housing for them…

Disease Prevention and Containment

Just after tsunami, while the death toll was still rising, there was a great fear of spread of disease. Fortunately the predictions were wrong, but that concern is still there. Disease prevention remains of critical importance, especially minimizing the spread of mosquito and water-borne illness. Recently, when I was visiting a refugee camp, a father…