Post War Aid by PINA Sri Lanka




Post War Aid by PINA Sri Lanka For three decades a tragic war ravaged our beautiful island, killing too many innocent lives, destroying entire habitats and hindering the development of Sri Lanka. 2009 dawned with hope that there the possibility of a future that is free of violence, where all ethnicities can live amongst each other in peace and unity and Sri Lanka can finally grow to its full potential. The path to recovery and rebuilding will be a long and difficult one. P I N A has vouched to remain by the side of the people and has commenced projects in the Internally Displaced Persons Camps together with the Sri Lankan Government and other local organisations who have the well-being of the Sri Lankan people at heart, irrespective of their ethnic origin or religious background or social status. As part of our post-war aid venture, the Founder & Chairman of P I N A in Sri Lanka, in a joint collaboration with the Janasarana organisation, members the Sri Lankan Social Ministry and other local organisations and sponsoring firms travelled in an insightful venture to the IDP camps in the North of Sri Lanka to speak to the inhabitants of their needs and to determine the required necessities of the camps. Accordingly, P I N A has decided to carry out several projects, including sponsoring 1,000 water buckets to the residents of these water-deprived areas and planning further quick-aid projects in the region and seeking sponsorship for further long-term ventures to help these needy people to return to normal life.

17-06-2009	The Chairman of PINA – Sri Lanka Deshamanya Dr. Aruna Abeygoonewardana travelled with members of Janasarana and the Honorable Minister of Social Services, Lionel Premasiri to visit the IDP camp Ullukkulam near Omanthe, Vauniya District, the Veerapuram Camp and various other small camps in the region.


27-07-2009	PINA Chairman in Sri Lanka Deshamanya Dr. Aruna Abeygoonewardana together with members of Janasarana and the Honorable Minister of Social Services and Welfare – Lionel Premasiri visited the Weerapuram and Sumathipuram Refugee Camps to bring dry food. PINA donated 1000 waterbuckets, as a request from the people who are living in the camps. They also visited the bordervillage Mundimurrippu.
	Honorable Minister of Social Services and Welfare – Lionel Premasiri and Deshamanya Dr. Aruna Abeygoonewardana

11-12-2009	Deshamanya Dr. Aruna Abeygoonewardana, PINA Sri Lanka Chairman, together with PINA Sri Lankan Accountant Mohan Perara and Sri Lanka and the Deputy Social Minister of Sri Lanka, Hon. Lionel Premasiri and Ministry Members, travelled to Jaffna to donate over 200 educational books to the Jaffna Public Library, as part of a regional rebuilding project, initiated by PINA. In the process PINA also met with the Social Minister of Sri Lanka Douglas Devanada at the Jaffna University to discuss further projects aimed at building up the education sector in the region again.
	Donation ceremony for books at Jaffna Public Library / Meeting between PINA members and Social Minister Douglas Devananda & Dep. Minister Lionel Premasiri

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