17 Annual General MeetingSecretary’s Report

17 Nov 2012- 23 Nov 2013

Jayantha PereraSecretary @ helasarana.org

www.helasarana.org

H e l a S a r a n a United for the needy in Sri Lanka

Hela Sarana Projects

Health

Water

Housing

Education

EmergencyRelief

Livelihood

MICRO FINANCE

SKILL DEVELOPMENT

560 Educational

grants

150 Houses

Main Projects

• Educational Grants• Clean water• Hela Vision (Cataracts)• Youth Projects• Fund raising for the

above

• Chronic Kidney Disease of Uncertain Origin(CKDU)

• Raising awareness• International Alliance• Clean water• Breakfast Programme• Education grants• Housing and toilet

Facilities

Fund Raising

Raised £2000 for the ‘Project Clean water’

THANK YOU

TheMeeting of the Great Hearts

and MindsForAlleviation of the Impact of CKDU

Royal Asiatic Society05 October 2013

14.00-18.00 hours

CKDU awareness

• http://www.newslanka.net/hela_sarana_chronic_kidney_disease_in_sri_lanka_awareness_workshop.html

http://thelankatimes.com/hela-sarana-chronic-kidney-disease-in-sri-lanka-awareness-workshop

Hela Vision

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120

Lenses for Cataracts

lenses

Education Grants

IRIE AND JEEVANI

YOUTH PROJECTS

Ruwan

Individual Member Led Projects

• Maharagama Cancer Institute (£1000)• Meth Sevena- Special Needs School (48,000LKR)• Breakfast for renal dialysis patients(>400,000LKR to

date)• Medical Aid – Cochlear Implant (200,000LKR) for a

Medical Student • Medical Socks for the war amputees (£1000)• Mosquito nets- Kukulkatuwa Pubudu Society( £200)

Nutrition For Health

Time and Travel for Charity

• Annual appraisal and evaluation of existing policies, procedures for project implementation in SriLanka

• Assessment of the progress of current projects• Feasibility studies for new projects• Sharing the expertise- Anuradhapura• Feedback to the committee via phone, email,

Time and Travel for Charity

Appraisal and evaluation of existing policies, procedures for project implementation in SriLanka• Education Grant Scheme-with the

administrative arm of ‘Hela Sarana Sri Lanka’• Anuradhapura Hospital Breakfast Programme four random supervisory visits

Time and Travel for Charity

Assessment of the progress of current projectsappraisal, facilitation and evaluation of theConstruction of buildings water and toilet facilities, Padukka- Wataraka ‘sanhida Child Development Centre’• Anuradhapura, Kandhawa ‘Nirodha pre school• Kalugaha wewa Deepthi Preschool• Kegalle Jayanthi Preschool

Travel and Time for Charity

Feasibility studies for new projects1. Anuradapura Hospital Renal Unit-• Impact of CKDU and appraisal of the needs• Sharing technical expertise• Research2.Suitability of crops for self employment in water restricted areas

Travel and Time for Charity

Feasibility studies for new projects• Discussion with District Secretary, ‘Grama Sevakas’

and field officers from Kabithigollawa division• Field visits to appraise the causes and the impact of

CKDU on the poverty stricken villages of Kirimatiyawa, Mada wewa and Kalugaha wewa

Youth Projects

• Nika Wewa- Kalugaha wewa Deepthi Preschool

• Building, water project, sports ground, Toilet facilities, security fence

• Funded two Pre school teacher placements• Kegalle Jayanthi Pre School water tank and

supply systems for delivering water

Future Projects

Targeted intervention for CKDUSite Kaugaha wewa 01• Provision of Clean Drinking water through the construction of

six tanks• Repair or reconstruct the existing Rain Water

Harvesting(RWH) facilities (50 RWH identified)• Secure the ‘Sinha Bubula’ natural Spring• Continue the Fuel allowance for Water transport from the

natural spring to the collection tanks of the village

Future Projects

Targeted intervention for CKDU• 50 Educational Grants• Welfare and Sanitary Facilities• Social upliftment through employment and

community participation• Micro finance projects

Thank you

Shelter: Education: Built 148 houses with community participation. Assisted 560 children through education grants. 96 houses for Tsunami victims. Built two secondary schools and a primary school 35 houses in Thanthirimalaya. Built two Library buildings. 15 houses in Mahaoya. Constructed two tuition and activity centres 1 house in Pollonaruwa. Manage one Computer centre. 1 house in Hingurakgoda. Livelihoods Provided assistance for 56 acres rice irrigation scheme including canals and a reservoir. Provided assistance for 3 village cooperatives farms – water for18 acres of farm land irrigation. Provided solar powered irrigation scheme with the help of Professor I.M .Dharmadasa of Sheffield Hallam University. Established 80 small businesses through grant and micro finance loan scheme. Trained 15 building workers (carpentry and masonry) on cash for work programme. Health Offered £500 for Thalassemia sufferers. Supplied hospital equipment to Anuradhapura Victory Hospital, Galle and Batticoloa General Hospitals. Built an eye clinic extension at Badulla General Hospital. Performed 200 eye cataract removal operations

Water and Public Health Water supply for 50 families – Borehole Tube well at Kadalama. Construction of five water wells at Anurdhapura. 35 toilets and showers at Baddegama. Water and toilets facilities to Girls Orphanage Hingurkgoda. Built a kitchen with water supply- Panadura Children Home at Panadura. Water supply for 15 families at Kohabaghadeniya – Galle. Water supply to Secondary school at Godigamuwa Ratnapura. Emergency Relief £1000.00 financial assistance to provide temporary shelter and protection to displaced families and children in Thanthirimalaya and Mahaoya. Provided food , clothes, and building material to over 500 flood victims. Provided financial assistance for a period of two years for more than 60 orphaned children those who were affected from Tsunami. Provided medical and food aids over 1000 Tsunami victims. Emergency water supply to Tsunami victims. £1000.00 to leg amputation of two injured solders. £3000.00 to resettle 50 families of slain solders. Active Projects Education Grant scheme.(350 children are enrolled into the scheme and 150 are in waiting) Computer training centre at Sooriyaweawa, partnership with The Worshipful Company of Haberdashers. Micro credit scheme.

Future Projects Eye donation Provide drinking water and toilets facilities to an orphanage in Jaffna. 100 cataract operation. Provide temporary shelter with toilets and water to 70 families those who have come back to resettle. Estimated cost of this work is £ 50,000.

• http://www.newslanka.net/hela_sarana_chronic_kidney_disease_in_sri_lanka_awareness_workshop.html

• Hela Sarana plant is running well and is of great service to the people in the area. We are trying to send a 2-wheel tractor trailer with necessary tanks to try delivering water to the door step for the benefit of those who cannot come to the plant due to various reasons

• The plant funded by HS in Vavuniya district has been functioning quietly since July 2012. We never thought that people already affected with kidney failure will get relief. We were very pleasantly surprised to find out from their own words how much relief water from this plant has brought them.

• We now find that some affected families cannot afford to pay even this small amount to buy the water. We are thinking of 2 new approaches.1. Start a water delivery system to the door step to help those who are unable to come to the plant and get the water.2. Supply water free of charge to those families affected by CKDu but cannot afford to pay for the water.We have come across CKDu patients who go for dialysis every 3 or 4 days, but drink polluted water owing to poverty