"...it was a fantastic experience for us to share those 3 days with you and your team. Meeting the families and visiting each home was… an enlightening experience I have to admit that of all the projects we are doing, this one is a truly emotional one. When you give a house to a family it is another story than doing surgery... so we learned."
Bernard Sabrier, Children Action

Children Action, a Swiss charitable foundation with the mission of providing practical aid to children around the world, has provided immeasurable support to residents in the Seenigama region whose homes were badly damaged by the tsunami.

Thanks to their sponsorship, 200 homes have been restored for families whose homes were badly affected by the tsunami, and 200 new homes have been built for families living in the 100m buffer zone – the greatest donation received from a single donor.
 

The importance of this support can’t be over-estimated, as obtaining funding for tsunami-damaged homes proved extremely difficult - most donors request to assist those who have lost their entire homes and belongings.

At the time, the affected families said they wish the tsunami had destroyed their homes completely as they were still struggling to attend to the repairs, whilst neighbours who lost their homes lived in brand new modern houses.

Thanks to Children Action, FoG has been able to assist many of these deserving families whose children have struggled greatly with the adversity brought by the destruction, in Seeigama and surrounding villages including Peraliya, Akurala, Kahawa, Kalupe, Malawenna, Munugoda, Thotagamuwa and Werellana.

Children Action displayed amazing generosity in assisting the tsunami-affected families who, for the most part, were forgotten by the donor community. These families can now once again live comfortably in their own homes, or in new homes that –with modern amenities – offer an improved standard of living.

Read an article about the 500th new and 400th restored house

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