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Thank you for visiting the Rotary Club of Colombo Regency Tsunami web log. You can visit the Blog Archives ( please see links on right column) to read about our daily relief activities from the time the devastating tsunami hit Sri Lanka, who our generous donors are and their thoughts, and our long term projects and plans. However given that we have now fully embarked on the Long Term Project

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An artists impression of the School - Onthachchimadam Sri Vinyagar Vidyalaya, Batticaloa. - Drawn by Rtn. Shanaka of RCCR

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District Governor Lucky Pieris presented a special award at the recently held Rotary District Assembly for creating this Web Log ( Blog site) and helping to create worldwide awareness and support for Tsunami victims The plaque reads as follows - "In recognition of outstanding efforts in the establishment of a Website towards worldwide awareness, information and assistance in the aftermath of

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1. Income & Expense Summary as at 30th April 2005 Total Donations received as at 30th April 2005 Rs. 43,353,763.43 Expenses 1. Dry Rations ------ Rs. 2,139,103.39 2. Medicine ---------Rs. 812,440.40 3. Household Effects ( eg. Pillows, sheets, pots & pans) ----Rs. 2,230,139.50 4. Personal Effects ( eg. Underwear, baby bottles, sarongs etc) ---Rs. 786,967.75 5. Livelihood Projects ( eg. Outboat

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Just to clarify for donor information - the architects that we had been working with thus far were introduced to us through a Rotarian who is a senior member of the Sri Lanka architects association. They were introduced to us on the grounds that their services would be free of charge. As you would have noted in the letter ( posted below)- the architects quote that their services were free up to

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The architects have thrown us a real whammy!! It looks like the feeling of love and concern for all is on the down ward trend. Our architects have now come back to us with a ..... bill, before they can release any of the docs relating to the school. Its unfortunate that they maintained humm about it this long, and thereby lead us to believe that there were no costs for their services. Having

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The architects have experienced a minor set back since their structural plans were not completed, which resulted in the BOQ not being made available to us yesterday as anticipated. We are in constant contact with the team of architects ( who by the way is providing their services free of charge) to get these documents released asap! We are looking at getting the BOQ somehow sometime next week....

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The Intermediate relief committee have had a number of requests for more mobile toilets, which are an essential requirement at any camp. We have already ordered 100 of which 70 have been despatched ( you may have read previous posts on this subject) and 30 are still in production. Due to the demand we have now placed an order for an additional50 toilets which we hope to produce and despatch to

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Our architects are now finalising the BOQ for the school - once we get this in to our hands tomorrow we will be handing it over to 2 contractors who will give us a bid for the reconstruction. The most reasonable of the two will be selected as our contractor. But this has to be further ratified by the District School Committee. Our target is to be able to start rebuilding by 15th May.

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In our earlier blog postings for housing reconstruction (available under the Housing Project link), we stated that we were working with a community called Dutch Bar in Batticaloa to build 100 houses. The Market Research Firm AC Nielsen did a needs assessment study of this community and we also registered with the Urban Development Authority (UDA) to obtain Government land to build the houses.

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1. Income & Expense Summary as at 31st March 2005 Total Donations received as at 31st March 2005 - Rs. 41,781,013.93 Total Expenses on Tsunami Relief - Rs. 6,868,651.04 Expenses Summary 1. Dry Rations Rs. 2,139,103.39 2. Medicine Rs. 812,440.40 3. Household Effects ( eg. Pillows, sheets, pots & pans) Rs. 2,230,139.50 4. Personal Effects ( eg. Underwear, baby bottles, sarongs etc) Rs.

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Regency has ordered 100 mobile toilets from Lanka Walltiles Ltd. at a cost of Rs.10,000/- each to be sent to relief camps in the East and South. Of these 70 have already been dispatched to the following areas: Matara 15 Galle 05 Kathankudy 20 Batticaloa 30

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SCHOOL RE-AWAKEN The school committee visited Batticaloa on 13th March along with the architects and civil engineer. The Onthanchimadam Sri Vinayagar Vidyalayam is to be re-located since the original location is at risk for any future tsunamis. We visited the site of the old school, and saw the devastation that the tsunami had caused. It was a blessing in disguise that the tsunami hit on a

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Rotarian Russ Erickson, Treasurer Wausau Earlybird RC has been in touch with us since January 2005. They have shown a keenness to contribute towards our school rebuilding project, and have now made a contribution of US$5,225. Thank you Rtn. Russ and Wausau Earlybird RC for your generosity.

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The ground work on the Housing Project is being completed, and so far we have: 1. Registered with the relevant authorities as a donor for providing housing for tsunami victims 2. Identified a community that needs their lives and livelihoods rebuilt 3. Conducted a needs assessment on the identified community group, to formulate effective programmes to benefit them in the long term 4. Formed

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The results of the Need Assessment study conducted to identify the real needs of the people displaced by the tsunami in the Dutchbar area in Batticaloa reveals that, among other needs, shelter is a prime need. The research findings are instrumental in fine tuning our long term project plans, and to deliver an effective rebuilding programme. The study was conducted by ACNeilsen, a premier

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With the assistance of our generous contributors, Regency has committed to being a part of the country's major reconstruction and rebuilding plan. We will be reconstructing a village, redevelop livelihoods, reconstruct two schools, and help re-equip 10 more schools. The objective of Regency in delivering these projects is to upgrade the lives of people affected by the tsunami, for we believe

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Construction of houses will be the major project undertaken by Regency. We have selected one of the hardest hit villages for this. With the help of the Rotary Club of Batticaloa - the Club closest to the affected area, we have selected a village located in the eastern coast near the city of Batticaloa. This village known as Dutchbar, consists of 263 families, and is of a mixed ethnicity. We have

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We will also be redeveloping livelihoods of the villagers in a bid to help them restart their lives as soon as possible. Primarily we will focus on the village of Dutchbar, where our housing project will be. We will be providing them the financial means to restart their livelihoods, and provide them guidance to manage and their businesses at a later stage. Up to date, we have sponsored: Three

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Rotary District 3220 - Sri Lanka has undertaken the reconstruction of 25 tsunami struck schools. Regency has been given the responsibility of co-ordinating the construction of two schools. We are pleased to announce that rebuilding of one of these schools - Sri Vinayagar Vidyalaya in Batticaloa, will be funded by Rotary Denmark. A four-member delegation from Denmark visited Sri Lanka, and visited

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Regency will assist the Sri Lanka Rotary District in rebuilding two schools. We have been appointed as the Lead Club for rebuilding Onthachchimadam Sri Vinayagar Vidyalayam, Kaluwanchikudday, Batticaloa. The school was visited by President Mario and was found to be in ruins, with only one building standing. All other facilities of the school had been washed away. Subsequent to this visit, it was

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We have surprises everyday. The note below was received on February 24th accompanying a generous contribution: Dear Rotarian Mario Perumal: Our Rotary Club is very impressed with the work you and your fellow Rotarians are doing to assist your tsunami victims. We trust this $29,350 will provide a boost to assist your Rotary Club in their efforts. Yours in Rotary, George Carpenter International

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Joe Dacanay and Caroline Upton from Napa Valley contacted Regency after reading this weblog. They showed up in Colombo with printouts from the web site, medicines for the tsunami victims, cash from three Napa Rotary clubs, the Calistoga Rotary Club, Queen of the Valley Hospital, the Napa Valley Register, the Napa County Sheriff's Search and Rescue and many private donors to buy more items

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We have got the following inspiring note from Pennsylvania: "Within the next couple days we will have transferred to the account that you indicated a sum of USD 5,000. These monies will have been wired by our club treasurer Mr. Robert Carter. Please acknowledge the receipt of same and how you are intending to use these funds. Our primary and secondary schools are also having fund raising projects

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When this weblog was created the day after tsunami tore coastal Sri Lanka, we did not expect such generous and considerate offers of assistance as we got to pour in our way from all over the world. Assistance came in the form of cash, skilled volunteers, medicines, food, water purification systems and temporary shelter. Up to now we have got pledges amounting to UDS 424,500, and a listing of

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