THE YEAR 2007 AT A GLANCEFinancial Income - prognosis € 396,000Income - actual € 490,310Spent on project € 360,000Added to capital € 111,590Percentage of income own fundraising 2.97 %In <strong>Sri</strong> <strong>Lanka</strong> Number of in-home children 89Number of out-home children 114Number of awarded scholarships 28Number of children in education programme – 24 courses 354Realised in Construction and operation:• Nursery schoolMay 2007• Medical postFebruary 2007• Extension pavilionsDuring 2007Number of staff members 65In the NetherlandsFinancing of education programmeBy Touring Foundation for three years€ 50,000 per annum4th position and nomination with honour of TransparencyAward October 2007Renewed website August 2007Special website for children – Kids Corner August 2007Board change and portfolio rearrangement July 2007Fundraising Concert ‘Don’t leave them on their own’ December 20078
BACKGROUND<strong>Sri</strong> <strong>Lanka</strong> was only just recovering from a long civil war when theTsunami hit the country on Boxing Day 2004 and destroyed a largepart of the country. 35,000 People were killed and almost half amillion people lost their homes.The <strong>Sri</strong> <strong>Lanka</strong> Orphanage Foundation was officially established onthe 3rd of January. Main goal in the deeds of the foundation is to setup an orphanage in <strong>Sri</strong> <strong>Lanka</strong> for the long term, to help the childrenthat were hit by the disaster in the south of <strong>Sri</strong> <strong>Lanka</strong>.Number of children who lost a parent: 3,954Number of children who lost both parents: 979Within three weeks after establishing the <strong>Sri</strong> <strong>Lanka</strong> OrphanageFoundation, the <strong>Sri</strong> <strong>Lanka</strong>n Trust Fund Somawathi Saparamaduproposed to start a joint-venture, offering a plot of land measuring25,000 m 2 with buildings on it. This plot later has been extended to30,000 m 2 .The Trust Fund Somawathi Saparamadu, established in <strong>Sri</strong> <strong>Lanka</strong>,is responsible for the land with the buildings. A Trust Agreementwith a masterplan embodies its responsibilities. It decrees that theTrust is responsible for managing the project locally.The Dutch foundation takes care of fundraising and keeps closecontact with the partners in <strong>Sri</strong> <strong>Lanka</strong> to ensure the progress of theproject.Child-labour in <strong>Sri</strong> <strong>Lanka</strong>The factsThe policy of the <strong>Sri</strong> <strong>Lanka</strong>n government is aimed on helping children that are victims of the Tsumani by letting their owncommunity take care of them as much as possible, giving the community a small compensation in return. The main partof the children lives with so called extended Familys.In <strong>Sri</strong> <strong>Lanka</strong> more than 15,000 children live in-homes, state-run institutions and voluntary homes. 8% of these children isan orphan; more than 50% of these children is in a home because of poverty, the rest because of criminal behaviour,abuse or a handicap. Moreover, for at least 50% of these children the government has stated that living in extendedFamilys is much better than growing up in a home. In short, no solution within the community has been found for about7,500 children who were living in a home before the tsunami. Because of the tsunami this number has increased withalmost 5,000 more children hit by the disaster.Safety net functionOn request of and in consultation with the National Child Protection Authority in Galle the <strong>Sri</strong> <strong>Lanka</strong> OrphanageFoundation is raising funds in order to offer a safety net function for:• Children that cannot be placed within extended Familys or children whose living within an extended family did notwork out. A judge decides if the guardianship can be taken over by another party and which institute or caretaker willbe the guardian.• Children placed in an extended family programme, receiving financial support, after school care, education ormedical care.9
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