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| Tuesday, 11 January 2005 |
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by Nadira Gunatilleke The World Vision Sri Lanka (WVSL), a Non Governmental Organisation engaged in social welfare and development activities in Sri Lanka has implemented a massive relief program at a cost of Rs. 80 million for the benefit of tsunami victims, Media Coordinator, WVSL, Jayaweera Kohombange said. Kohombange said the relief program covers Colombo, Gampaha, Kalutara, Galle, Matara, Hambantota, Ampara, Batticaloa, Trincomalee, Jaffna, Mullativu, Kilinochchi, Mannar and the Puttalam districts. WVSL provides relief items and medical services to the victims of those districts. The relief items include bed sheets, large towels, clothes, dry rations such as rice, dhall, sugar, dried fish and salmon, tea leaves, soap, plastic plates, cups, spoons, buckets, Aluminium pots, candles, mats and medicines such as pain killers, bandages etc. Medical camps will be held in Galle, Puttalam and Batticaloa. Temporary houses had been provided for nearly 250 families in Hambantota and Tissamaharama. The first phase of the WVSL program was completed by the end of last year. The second phase of the relief program commenced recently. |
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