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. >>
"Clowns ohne Grenzen" performed 3 times in the Jayawickreme Education Centre. "Clowns ohne Grenzen" performed 3 times in the Jayawickreme Education Centre. Die "Clowns ohne Grenzen" gaben 3 tolle Vorstellungen im Education Center der Jayawickreme Foundation.
The Clowns made the rural kids and adults laugh. Everybody really forgot their worries for a short while. Actually none of them saw clowns before, knew what clowns are! People riding bics and motorbics, three weelers, busses and pedestrians stopped on the road and watched. A merry, jolly road block. Fun and joy for everybody. >>
Die Kinder und Erwachsenen kannten keine Clowns, haben zum ersten Mal in ihrem Leben Clowns gesehen. Alle haben so sehr aus tiefstem Herzen gelacht. Die grossen, dunklen Augen haben hell geleuchtet und gestrahlt. Gross und Klein haben gejubelt und geklascht: Armut, Sorgen und Probleme wurden weggelacht fuer eine volle Stunde lang. Busse, Tuktuks, Fussgaenger, Fahr-und Motorraeder bleiben auf der Hauptstrasse vor dem Education Center stehen. Sie hoerten die Musik, sahen die Clowns: Dicker Verkehrsstau, nichts ging mehr auf der Strasse, dafuer gings tief in die Herzen und machte noch mehr Menschen froehlich! Lachen statt Traenen. >>
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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

Omprakash

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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