Our plans to ship Christmas gifts to Sri Lanka for 800 children together with corporate goods that can be repurposed for hundreds of children and poor families is on hold due to covid 19 restrictions.
In July 2021 we gave out 40 dry ration packs to poor families registered with the Creche. They were collected by the single Mums who have all lost their jobs due to covid 19. Most work as casual labour cleaning homes and in general domestic work.
On 31 August the Sri Lankan govt declared a food emergency. So, we have organised a 2nd pack of dry rations for 50 families registered with the Bethlehem Creche. The mothers will collect these dry rations from the gate (due to covid) and this will happen around the 7th of September.
The dry ration packs for September consists of: 5 kg red rice, 3 kg dhaal, 2kg green gram, 500gms brown sugar, 1 pkt (400 gm) milk powder, 1 pkt (200 gm) kids cereal samaposha. Cost is approximately $20. The mothers will be notified to collect it from the Creche during next week. Covid 19 delta strain is also rife in the country so the poor are in very difficult circumstances.
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As at Sunday September 5th 2021 50% (25) of the dry ration packs were collected by the families.
