Weligama Sri Lanka Jayawickreme Foundation

The Jayawickreme Foundation was formed in December 2001 strictly as a non political, non religious, non ethnic, non profit making foundation with the aim of assisting and helping the poorest of the poor in Weligama of the Matara district of Sri Lanka.

The Foundation is an approved charity and largely dependent on well-wishers and donors for its finances. The Jayawickreme Foundation based on West Charley Mount Estate, Denipitiya, Weligama, Sri Lanka... More>>
Opening ceremony of a rural house.
Free of charge tuition lessons for poor rural children.
Mother and daughter are happy that they got a house out of the 600 rural housing programme. 48 houses for poor families have been built so far. >>
Free of charge tuition lessons for poor rural children.
Kostenloser Intensivunterricht fuer arme Kinder.>>
The children enjoy playing outdoors.
The free of charge Day Care Centre for senior citizens caters to 40 poor old people.
Sujith and Susanne Jayawickreme were honoured for their social, humanitarian and community work by the "Sri Rohana Sangha Sabawa". >>
The free of charge Day Care Centre for senior citizens caters to 40 poor old people. Die kostenlose Altentagestagestaette bietet Platz fuer 40 arme, alte Menschen. >>
The "Clowns ohne Grenzen" captured the hearts of the children in the Jayawickreme Foundation and made them and their parents laugh loud and still louder!They did it again and were as successful as last year! The music of merry children's laughter was heard all over the place. The "Clowns ohne Grenzen" captured the hearts of the children in the Jayawickreme Foundation and made them and their parents laugh loud and still louder! Like last year the German group "Clowns without borders" spent their holidays performing for needy children in Sri Lanka and made them forget their hard life for a short while. Amazingly the children lost their shyness instantly and danced with the clowns on stage even. Rainbow coloured soap bubbles fascinated the young and not so young audience equally. Big eyes glittered with tears of laughter. Dear Clowns, thank you so much for bringing your blue suitcase filled with such a lot of joy to the children of the Jayawickreme Foundation in rural Weligama. We are already looking forward to your visit next year. >>
Sie haben es wieder geschafft und den Erfolg vom vergangenen Jahr wiederholt! Froehliches Kinderlachen schallte ueber den Platz. Die "Clowns ohne Grenzen" haben die Kinderherzen in der Jayawickreme Foundation im Sturm erorbert. Die Kids und ihre Eltern lachten: laut und lauter! Spass und Freude pur. Wie schon im vergangenen Jahr haben die "Clowns ohne Grenzen" ihre Ferien dazu genutzt, um fuer arme und beduerftige Kinder aufzutreten und liessen sie fuer eine kurze Weile ihre Sorgen und Noete vergessen. Ueberraschenderweise haben die Kinder sofort ihre Scheu verloren, tummelten sich vergnuegt mit den Clowns auf der Buehne und tanzten miteinander. Regenbogenfarbene Seifenblasen faszinierten Jung und Alt gleichermassen. Braune Kulleraugen glitzerten voller Lachtraenen. Ihr habt euren blauen Koffer wieder mit so viel Freude und Froehlichkeit fuer die Kinder der Jayawickreme Stiftung gefuellt. Ein ganz dickes Danke schoen, liebe Clowns. Wir freuen uns schon auf euren Besuch im kommenden Jahr. . >>
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Zusammenfassung

Children are learning, reading and playing in the Denipitiya Education Centre, which has a library now too. Children are learning, reading and playing in the Denipitiya Education Centre, which has a library now too. More>>
Kinder lernen, lesen und spielen im Education Centre in Denipitiya, zu dem jetzt auch eine Buecherei gehoert. More>>
Livelihood projects provide a steady income. Livelihood projects provide a steady income. The Jayawickreme Foundation assisted more than 700 livelihood projects to start, so that poor, unemployed women and youth could become independent and have a permanent income. More>>
Existenzgruendungsprojekte sorgen fuer ein regelelmaessiges Einkommen. Die Jayawickreme Stiftung hat bisher geholfen, ueber 700 Existenzgruendungsprogramme zu starten, sodass arbeitslose Frauen und Jugendliche selbstaendig werden konnten und ein permanentes Einkommen haben. More>>

In the News...

German clowns bring laughter to children
http://sundaytimes.lk/100207/Plus/plus_20.html

Sri Lanka: Mit Clowns unbeschwert lachen
http://www.derwesten.de/staedte/plettenberg/Mit-Clowns-unbeschwert-lachen-id2407555.html

Plettenbergerin erlebt das Elend in Sri Lanka
http://www.derwesten.de/staedte/plettenberg/Plettenbergerin-erlebt-das-Elend-in-Sri-Lanka-id2306799.html

Nach dem Tsunami schlägt die Wirtschaftskrise zu
http://www.nn-online.de/artikel.asp?art=1141795&kat=3&man=3

Die gute Seele von Sri Lanka
http://www.derwesten.de/nachrichten/nrz/2009/10/14/news-136982812/detail.html

Engagierter Kampf gegen Armut und Not
http://fln.fuerther-nachrichten.de/artikel.asp?art=1104874&kat=239

Latest News
http://missing-link-institut.de/pages/-latest-n-e-w-s-.php

It is hard to escape from the rewards for your good deeds
The Sunday Leader, August 02, 2009

Großes Herz für Tsunami-Opfer
NÜRNBERGER NACHRICHTEN, December 2008

Erfolgreiche Projekte dank steter Hilfe
Plettenberger Rundschau, December 2008

The Jayawickreme Foundation Day Care Centre for the Old People
Global Action on Aging, March 2007

Jayawickreme Foundation constructs 19 houses in rural Weligama
The Island newspaper, Thursday 31st August, 2006

Forgotten in the post-tsunami aid flood Sunday Times newspaper, March 26, 2006

TSUNAMI IMPACT:
Elderly Sidelined in Recovery Efforts
By Lisa Söderlindh
UNITED NATIONS, Feb 20, 2006 (IPS)


Chairman Serendib Stiftung Hamburg with friends visited the Serendib Library and other projects of the Jayawickreme Foundation.

Mr. Sirisena, Nilkamal Jayawickreme, Suresh Jayawickreme, Susanne and Sujith Jayawickreme, Mrs. Pushpa, Mrs. Sanduni with Kindergarten children in the Education Centre Denipitiya.

Playmobil

The rural children are studying hard for a better future
The rural children are studying
hard for a better future.

Conferring of Honorary Titles to Sujith and Susanne Jayawickreme

Sujith and Susanne Jayawickreme were the first couple ever who were awarded titles by the “Sri Rohana Sangha Sabawa”. The titles were conferred during a special ceremony in the temple on Pigeon Island in Matara. 50 Priests from all over the South and many distinguished guests were present at this rare occasion on Saturday, 25th July 2009.

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Susanne Loos-Jayawickreme
Susanne Loos-Jayawickreme, Vice Chairperson of Jayawickreme Foundation made a presentation at the UN Roundtable on Older Persons in the 2004 Tsunami on February 13-14, 2006 in New York.

Global Action on Aging
Read the full speech on "The Horrible Fate of the Lonely and Forgotten Old People Who Survived Tsunami"

Jayawickreme Foundation
West Charley Mount Estate,
Denipitiya,
Weligama,
Sri Lanka
Phone: 0094 (0)777341148 and 0094 (0)777909955;
Email: info@jayawickreme.org

Map: Weligama, Sri Lanka


 
Jayawickreme Foundation, West Charley Mount Estate, Denipitiya, Weligama, Sri Lanka
Phone: 0094 (0)777341148 and 0094 (0)777909955; Email: info@jayawickreme.org

   

 

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