Hope for Children begins income generating schemes
 

Moratuwa special correspondent

Hope for Children, the British Charity which has pledged rs. 19.5 million for a Foster Parent Scheme to be managed by the Dept. of Probation and Child Care Services for Children who have lost both parents as a result of the tsunami has now commenced income generation schemes for unsupported, one parent families. The first of the schemes will soon be operative in Weligama through Saviya Development Foundation based at Galle one of the partner agencies of the charity.

Additionally the Charity has decided to concentrate it's resources on the welfare of children under five. A spokesman for the Charity told the Daily News that already the Charity has supported two of their partner agencies Foundation for Rural Economic Development (FORED) and Eastern Rehabilitation and Relief Organisation (ERRO-LANKA) in the construction of semi-permanent structures near nine relief camps in Kalmunai and two relief camps in Nintavur.

Two of these pre-schools in Kalmunai were opened by the Director of the Charity, Dr. Robert Parsons during his recent visit to the island.

When the families are relocated into permanent housing the structures would be dismantled and resited in the vicinity of the housing schemes. The structures have been designed to facilitate this process. The building will serve as a pre-school in the morning and as a community centre in the evening.