Wednesday, October 13, 2010

Smyrna - Help for the Aged

Today 50 old people gathered to receive their food ration packet value of  Rs. 550/-. These old people are from around Nuwara Eliya district, neglected old women and men from very poor families. They cannot go for work and most of  them are sick people. Today they were served a plate of rice, dahl and dry fish curries. These old people enjoyed their lunch and received their food packets.
In the cold weather in Nuwara Eliya most of them are requesting for blankets which cost each Rs. 350/-. Altogether there are 110 people in need of  blankets.

Margit Stefansson is talking to the people


Tuesday, October 12, 2010

Lily and Roses Groups

In the Lily and Rose groups three children have got rice cookers. Commonly children in the schools are asked to bring rice for their lunch and mothers find it difficult to cook rice in the morning with firewood in the rainy weather. Collecting firewood is another problem - people are not allowed go into the forest to collect fire wood. They have to first get a permit from a government officer. Now the mothers find it very easy to cook rice for their children.