YMCA's int'l partners meet in Sri Lanka
The Sri Lanka YMCA and its international partners will hold their
final tsunami response meeting on January 23-25 in Sri Lanka.
The meeting organised by the National Council of the YMCAs of Sri
Lanka will evaluate the tsunami rehabilitation programmes conducted in
Sri Lanka during the past three years. The team known as 'Sri Lanka
Tsunami Partner Group', met every year to review the tsunami
rehabilitation project implemented in Sri Lanka.
Chris Roles, Y-Care International UK, CEO Chris Roles is the chairman
of the group. Representatives from UK, US, India, Australia, Hong Kong,
Germany, Japan and Switzerland will participate in this final meeting at
the YMCA International Centre at Kurana, Katunayake. The Sri Lanka YMCA
team will be headed by Sri Lanka Tsunami Task Committee Chairman Eraj
Wijesinghe.
The Sri Lanka YMCAs first provided immediate relief to 10,000
families affected by the tsunami, and then Rs. 50,000 was provided to
500 families to repair damaged houses. Under the Y-Village Housing
Scheme, two hundred and nine houses were built in Galle, Matara,
Paiyagala, Point Pedro, Batticaloa, Trincomalee and Kalmunai.
National General Secretary of the National Council of the YMCAs of
Sri Lanka Chrisantha Hettiaratchi said, he believed that the
international partners would agree on further annual meetings to
consider helping the Sri Lankan community development activities.
The Sri Lanka YMCAs offered much assistance to Sri Lankan communities
and there are much more to be done in the future.
The international representatives are scheduled to visit several
Y-village tsunami housing sites and open a 31-unit housing scheme at
China Bay, Trincomalee. |