The aim of HELP is to provide assistance to the families, and specifically the children, in the Ampara district of Eastern Sri Lanka who have suffered as a result of the tsunami. HELP operates on the simple principle that all funds raised will be spent on the projects identified by the Trustees.
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Helping East Lanka Progress (HELP) was set up as a trust by Dr Vip Thiagarasah in August 2005 to relieve the suffering of victims affected by the devastating tsunami of December 2004 on the East Coast of Sri Lanka. Charitable status for the trust was granted in September 2005. Our three core priciples are:
The objective of HELP can be described very simply - to provide assistance to the families, and specifically the children, of East Lanka who have suffered as a result of the tsunami.
The principle upon which the charity operates is equally as simple - ALL funds raised by the charity will be spent in East Lanka on projects identified by its trustees. There have not been, and will not be, any administrative fees incurred by the charity.
Everyone involved with HELP offers their services on a voluntary basis and the banking arrangements have been set up specifically to ensure that all funds transferred to Sri Lanka will go directly to the worthwhile causes identified by the trustees.
The Girls home is struggling to meet its running costs due to high inflation. We have therefore increased our monthly bursary to the Home by SLR 50,000 to SLR 200,00- to ease the financial pressures on the Home. We also provided funding to meet the annual educational fees of four of the young ladies from the Home who are undertaking their university studies.
Following a request from the Principal of the Amman Mahaleer Home, we were very happy to provide funding for new clothes and learning equipment for the girls for the year ahead.
In May 2023, we were advised that the Home had taken in a further six young girls at the request of the Local Authority, increasing their cohort at that time to 53 in total. Mr Vamadevan requested help to buy clothes and school equipment for the new girls as well as additional funding to meet the ongoing university fees of its former girls. The Home also needed some remedial work, including a new water pump and a repainting of the kitchen, and essential equipment (fans, chairs and new cupboards). Again, we were very happy to provide the funding for this expenditure.