Rebuilding War Torn Lives - Relief Efforts in Sri Lanka
Semi-Permanent Housing for 250 Tamil Families
We have completed preparations for building 250 units of semi-permanent housing for displaced families. The land, contractors and design are all ready. This project will be completed with Triple Gem Society funds. As the first phase, housing for 100 families will be completed within six weeks. We will sign the contract within the next day.…
School Supplies for 2000 Displaced Students
As you might know from the history of Triple Gem Society, we are always interested in getting involved with projects related to the education of children, especially those who are affected by war or natural disasters. The Manik Farm area has been divided into four zones. Brigadier Wikramasinhe, who is in charge of Zone 1,…
Clean Water in 25 Giant Plastic Tanks
When I was touring the IDP camps for the first time, I noticed long lines of people. Some of them were waiting impatiently with individual buckets to get fresh water. When I inquired as to the situation from Brigadier Wikramasinhe, he told us that many more holding tanks were needed to supply water to such…
Hindu Temple
Day by day, people are still pouring in and settling into temporary shelters or tents. To help implement a sense of normalcy as quickly as possible, the government is busy preparing and planning for schools and places of worship. The Hindu temple in Zone 1 is a temporary hut with a thatched roof and no…
Robes for 75 Hindu Priests
The government has created a separate section for Hindu Priests in Manik Farm, where thousands of families have moved into temporary shelters. There are currently about one hundred Hindu priests in this special section. When they left the war zone a few weeks ago they left all of their prior belongings behind. Most of them…
Bicycles for Village Heads
The houses in this special IDP region are spread out over a large geographic area. The civil servants who were working in the former villages at the time of the war have now been reemployed in the IDP camps as heads of separate zones. When meetings are called it takes them a long time to…
Message from Sri Lanka
Dear Friends and Students,
I am here in Sri Lanka helping the IDPs (Internally Displaced Persons) of war. As some of you might have heard, the 30-year war between the Sri Lankan government and the Tamel Tigers has officially ended. During this time over one hundred thousand people have died and hundreds of thousands have been injured and displaced. As the guns have become silent, the victims of war continue to suffer.
Homes for the Homeless
2008 was a busy, exciting and successful year. We are proud of the many humanitarian projects that we have completed in Burma, Africa, Sri Lanka and other areas around the world. Every project is special in its own unique way. “Homes for the Homeless” is the one that stands out in my mind today. We…
