Tsunami Disaster Relief Efforts

Triple Gem Society Refugee Camp

Meeting the basic needs for day-to-day survival is also most critical in the short-term. Millions of dollars have been donated to private and government organizations. Yet, everybody who goes to the camps and sees the conditions of the effected villages questions where this money has gone. There are organizations that are doing wonderful work and…

Building Fifty More Temporary Shelters

By now the government should have provided temporary shelters to all the effected families. Despite the considerable sum of money received from around the world, the government is very inefficient and many people complain that it is slow and careless. I have many reasons to believe them. My projects in the camps are being supervised…

Feeding the Refugees

As of the end of January we have given over five thousand meals to the hungry. We will keep looking for families and refugees in the camps who are not getting the government help in time or getting too little help from the government and provide meals for them. These people have lost everything and…

Health Care and Medical Equipment

Through my health care contacts, we are constantly assessing the needs of hospitals and clinics in order to provide the most useful medical equipment and instruments. On Monday the 7th of february we donated a heart monitor and essential medicines to Kalmnai hospital. The heart monitor if brand new will be worth about US $12,000.…

Scholarship Programs

So Far in our tsunami relief efforts, 250 girls have received uniforms. Currently we are preparing for about two hundred more uniforms. We have also provided school books and basic school supplies to 25 affected children. The kits included backpacks, a dozen books, pens & pencils, rulers, math instruments, and erasers. We are also expanding…

Memorial Services

Spiritual counseling and religious rituals can be of great help to heal the pain and relieve the anxiety of so much suffering. Monks and religious laity have helped people for thousands of years. We the Buddhist monks, take our responsibilities seriously and devote our attention and time to provide comfort, healing and counsel for the…

Attending to Trauma Counseling and Spiritual Needs

Many lives has been shattered by Tsunami, The ripple effect of the emotional impact of tsunami is still touching many people in Sri Lanka. Those who helplessly watched there loved ones getting swept way by the current of tsunami. Those who collected thousands of dead bodies and berried in mass graves, those who lost every…

School Reconstruction and Child Protection Services

Education and Child Services have always been a special focus for me. Even as much of the costal country remains in ruins, people are beginning to return to their villages and schools. Some schools have begun to open in make shift facilities, because though many school buildings have been destroyed or are being used for…