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Sri Lanka Flood Appeal 2016 - Project Report
The torrential rain after months of drought has resulted in severe floods in almost 19 administrative districts in Sri Lanka, hampering the lives of thousands. The worst scenario had been the landslides in the mountain regions where still many lives are unaccounted for.
Heavy rains from Thursday 12th May 2016 pounded the central Sri Lankan region where at least three villages have already been swallowed by mountains of mud, forcing soldiers and police to suspend rescue work.
Rescue work had resumed before fresh rains began in the area. Military spokesman Brigadier Jayanath Jayaweera told reporters in the capital, Colombo, that the army was assessing the situation and would deploy more troops in the worst-hit Kegalle district if needed.
Heavy rains have lashed across the island nation for several days and officials said the extent of the tragedy was still unclear. The Sri Lankan Red Cross said at least 220 families were unaccounted for.
Due to the severe flooding and landslides took place in the month of May 2016; several thousands of people have been displaced from their homes. There were number of fatalities due to the flooding and landslides. The most serious incident was the landslide happened in Aranayaka in the Kegalle district, where dozens died due to the landslide and many still missing.
'Ranaviru Fund' and 'Scotland Buddhist Vihara', two Scotland based Charities have been working in Sri Lanka over the years in providing welfare and medical aid for people in need, partnered with the Sri Lankan Association in Scotland to provide assistance to the people need immediate assistance.
Ranaviru Fund, together with the Scotland Buddhist Vihara and the Sri Lankan Association in Scotland launched an appeal for funds to support the most needed victims of these events. With the support of many well-wishers, Ranaviru Fund was able to collect a significant amount of financial donations to support a timely welfare project.
Our primary objective was to provide the rehabilitation and welfare assistance to the most effected people in the Aranayaka region in Kegalle district.
In order to deliver the welfare work at the ground level Ranaviru Fund partnered with the ‘Bellana Bodu Ekamuthuwa’ (Buddhist Association of Bellana – hereinafter referred to as BBE), a charitable organisation connected to the Bellana Sri Dharmapala Pirivena.
අනගාරික ධර්මපාල ශ්රීමතාණෝ ||| Anagarika Dharmapala, the Movie
Sri Lankan Association in Scotland proudly presented the Anagarika Dharmapala movie.
Date: Sunday, 09th October 2016
Time: 01:00 pm - 04:00 pm
Venue: Andrew Stewart Cinema, Gilmorehill Halls, University of Glasgow, Glasgow. G12 8QQ
All proceeds from this screening will be direct towards welfare projects to develop deprived Buddhist Temples in Sri Lanka. We will provide full details of this initiation in due course.
Sri Lanka Flood Appeal
Support the victims of recent floods in Sri Lanka
The torrential rains after months of drought has resulted in severe floods in almost 19 administrative districts in Sri Lanka, hampering the lived of thousands. The worst scenario had been the landslides in the mountain regions where still many lives are unaccounted for.
Heavy rains from Thursday 12th May pounded the central Sri Lankan region where at least three villages have already been swallowed by mountains of mud, forcing soldiers and police to suspend rescue work. At least 18 people are known to have been killed and hundreds are reported missing in the landslides so far.