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Ceylon Christian Care |
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Ceylon Christian Care
Welcome to the website of Ceylon Christian Care
Ceylon Christian Care is a Dutch charity foundation dedicated to supporting poor and destitute people in the Tamil area of Sri Lanka. This area of Sri Lanka has been involved in a devastating civil war that lasted for more than 25 years and killed about 100.000 people. Since April 2002 there has been a cease fire, but the situation has continued to be tense until this very day. Ceylon Christian Care was founded in 2003 and is involved in a variety of projects, which are mostly focused on orphans, of which there are thousands in this area, and widows. Examples of projects include orphanages, widows’ projects, day care centers, and education support. All projects are concentrated in Batticaloa and Periyaneelavanai. The Tsunami caused a major acceleration of the activities of Ceylon Christian Care. Because Ceylon Christian Care was one of the very few organizations that was already active in the area when the Tsunami occurred, major relief support programs were started immediately, also with help of partner organizations such as Word and Deed. Ceylon Christian Care works closely with Rev. Dr. S. Jeyanesan, who is a minister belonging to the Church of American Ceylon Mission (CACM), and who has been a major driving force behind many of the development programs in the eastern part of Sri Lanka. |
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New Community Development project started in the village of Nagapuram |
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It is 6 months ago that a last update was published on the website. This does not mean that nothing has happened during these months. Several visits to Sri Lanka and board meetings have taken place, a new project has been started and new activities are scheduled: - A new community development project has started in the village Nagapuram - A new community hall was opened in Murokkodanchenai - Another assessment was done of John’s Academy - And more |
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Elizabeth Theodora with her mother and Annie and Hilda |
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Annie van Werven and Hilda Roeland from the Netherlands worked again as volunteers on the project with the disabled children in the village in Periyaneelavanai. Read here their story. |
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In late August of this year, Nick and Maaike from Lethbridge (Alberta, Canada) hope to travel to Sri Lanka to do volunteer work for four months at several of our projects. |
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Mick and Maaike |
