USLSNY

Musical Concert in New York on August 18, 2007

Gamata Jalaya

Starlanka X'plosion 2007 featuring Rajiv & the clan | Teesha | Manoharan | Desmond Desilva

In a village known as “Mudiyannagama” in the Kurunegala district lies a small community of 100 families with about 70 households. They like many other villagers go through the daily hardships of life but they also go without life’s most basic need ~ Water. The nearest wells are at least a mile or a mile and a half away. These people walk to these wells to collect water and bring it home. However, in times of draught this becomes even more challenging as the wells run dry and they are limited to only two wells for the entire community. To add to their daily peril is the danger posed by elephants who have claimed more than 3 lives in the past 2 years.

We, the United Sri Lanka Society of New York (USLSNY) plan to build a well and a tank which will store and distribute water. The peoples of this community are already involved in helping themselves to make this a reality. Hence, they have contributed their labor in the excavation of the first well. We are underway to help them and they are more than willing to help themselves.

This project has an estimated cost of US $ 15,000. Since most of the labor will be provided we will spend most of these funds on raw material and skilled labor. We will only release monies as and when we receive first hand information on the progress that is being made. We have already assigned persons to visit and send us progress reports.

We have started to play cricket. Join us every Sunday at ALLEY POND PARK in Queens. Come join us to have fun !!!

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