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The KASTDA Fund has made an excellent start in its first two years of existence.

Just weeks after being set up, a volunteer group of members from Kent was already working to help the devastated communities in Sri Lanka.

The group visited orphanages in Sri Lanka on fact-finding missions to see how best they could help, and have now set up permanent links with orphans.

Maskeeda Downing, Champa Chapman & the Fund's first President, Chris Perera, forged links with two orphanages and met the nuns running them.

The fact-finding group agreed to release KASTDA funds to help 164 children aged between 7-15 years old, and the funding was delivered by Ranjith Sumathipala when he visited the area, which is near Columbo, in late March 2005.

Here are the projects, which are all financed through KASDA fund-raising Events in the UK.

Project 1: Kalutara Convent School
Number of children supported by KASTDA: 164

This is the first KASTDA project that supported 164 girls from the Kalutara Convent School, on the west coast of Sri Lanka, who were affected by the Boxing Day Tsunami. Each of these children was given an "Awurudu" gift bag comprising essential school items to coincide with the Sinhala & Tamil New Year, which falls on or around 14th April.

The picture to the left shows a group of the school children standing outside their school with Sister Rita, the Head of the School. Also in the picture is Upali Meththanada, a founder member of KASTDA. Click the thumbnail to see an enlarged version, or click the link below to see other photos from this project.

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Project 2: St. Aloysius College
Number of children supported by KASTDA: 6

This KASTDA project supports 6 school children from the St. Aloysius College in Galle, on the south coast of Sri Lanka, who were affected by the Boxing Day Tsunami.

The picture to the left shows a group of the school children in their classroom. Click the thumbnail to see an enlarged version, or click the link below to see other photos from this project.

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Project 3: Thissa Family
Number of children supported by KASTDA: 3

This KASTDA project supports 3 children from the same family who lost their father in the Boxing Day Tsunami. The children come from Thissa, a village in the south of Sri Lanka.

The picture to the left shows the three children from Thissa. Click the thumbnail to see an enlarged version, or click the link below to see other photos from this project.

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Project 4: Jaffna Medical Student
Number supported by KASTDA: 1

The KASTDA Fund supports a medical student in Jaffna in northern Sri Lanka.

Click here to read a letter in which he describes his progress
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Project 5: "SUCCESS" of Sri Lanka
Number KASTDA has agreed in principle to support: 10

KASTDA has agreed in principle to support 10 students affected by the Boxing Day Tsunami through SUCCESS, a charity organisation in Sri Lanka.

Sorry no photos available for this project yet

Project 6: "Reawaken" of Sri Lanka
Number supported by KASTDA: 16

KASTDA supports 16 children affected by the Boxing Day Tsunami through "Reawaken", a registered non-governmental organisation in Ambalangoda, a coastal town in the south of Sri Lanka.

Click here to read about the Tsunami Scholarship Awards (KASTDA-Reawaken)
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Project 7: Rev Thero, Siddhartha Foundation
Number KASTDA has agreed in principle to support: 15

KASTDA has agreed in principle to support 15 students affected by the Boxing Day Tsunami through Rev Thero of the Siddhartha Foundation.

Sorry no photos available for this project yet

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