Housing project

AMBALANGODA: The Salvation Army of Canada and Bermuda and the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) participated in the handing over ceremony for 100 houses to tsunami victims in the Galle district, with the opening of the Galagodawatte housing project in Ambalangoda on September 2.

This group of 100 new homes for tsunami victims is the first part of the Rs. 905 million tsunami reconstruction project implemented by Salvation Army Sri Lanka with funding from its international partners (Canada, United States, Netherlands), through public donations to the Salvation Army in Canada and Bermuda and the Government of Canada's matching grants programme for tsunami relief and reconstruction.

Representing the Canadian High Commission, the First Secretary (Development), Calvin R. Piggott said CIDA was pleased to support the Salvation Army and its global partners in providing over 500 houses, water and sanitation facilities, livelihoods training for over 1,000 women and their families, and community-based tsunami early warning systems for disaster preparedness in these communities.