Palmera Projects
Housing Project
Amount Donated: $30,000
Project commencement: 2005
Partner Organisation: Sen Cholai Orphanage
Background
The project involved the construction of housing to accommodate 100 new orphans who had arrived following the devastating tsunami in December 2004. Sen Cholai is located in Vaani in the North of Srilanka and currently is housing over 400 girl orphans. The orphanage educates, feeds and provides shelter for the children and provides them the future that they would otherwise not have.
The homes were designed in clusters of chalets housing 15 girls each. The girls were raised in the normal home atmosphere with a Amma (mother) and sometimes Amammas (grandmother) giving them both a sense of family. The children were sent to nearby state schools.