Australian support for local rural communities

Funds: The Acting Australian High Commissioner, Dr Matthew Hyndes, presented funds worth over Rs 4 million to five local organisations under the High Commission’s Direct Aid programme (DAP) in a ceremony on April 11.

DAP projects have benefited female headed households, children, the disabled, the elderly and the rural poor, among others.

In this funding round, Dr Hyndes presented funds to Eastern Relief and Rehabilitation Organisation in Ampara in order for it to build 25 toilets and three wells; the Centre for Handicapped in Kandy for the provision of 52 artificial limbs; the ‘Diriya’ Women’s Development Society in Anuradhapura for the construction of four wells; the Uva Farmer’s Development Foundation in support of income generation projects; and the Foundation of Goodness in Seenigama for the construction of a visiting accommodation centre for youth.