Helping children affected

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Sri Lanka at a glance

• Sri Lanka is small island located in the Bay of
  Bengal just south of India. It gained its
  independence from Britain in 1948. Sri Lanka
  continues to suffer from extensive poverty,
  ethnic/religious strife and environmental
  concerns (e.g. deforestation soil erosion).
• Population 19.2 million
• Average life expectancy 74 years
• (Life expectancy in Canada 79.3 years)
• (Life expectancy in the United States 77.4
  years)
• Population under the age of 15 4.8 million
• Average yearly income 930 US
• (Average yearly income in Canada 24,470 US)
• (Average yearly income in the United States
  37,870 US)
• Gross domestic product (GDP) 18.2 billion US
• (Canadian GDP 856.5 billion US)
• (United States GDP 10.9 trillion US)
• Human Development Index 93/177

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Sri Lanka at a glance

• 45 of the population lives on less than 2 a
  day.
• 90 of the population living below the poverty
  line reside in rural areas.
• 62 of the rural population does not have
  electricity.
• Though health and education services in Sri Lanka
  are widespread they do not meet basic human
  needs.
• 15 out of every 1,000 babies die upon birth
  (versus 4.82 in Canada)
• 29 of children under the age of five are
  underweight
• 23 of the population does not have access to
  clean water

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Sri Lanka at a glance Literacy rate
People aged 15 and above who can read and write
Percentage of people
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Tsunami devastation in Sri Lanka

• The 2004 Indian Ocean tsunamian underwater
  earthquake with more than a 9.0
  magnitudedevastated the shores of Sri Lanka with
  waves up to 30 metres (100 feet).
• The tsunami destroyed entire families,
  communities and regions in Sri Lanka. It is
  estimated that more than one million people were
  directly affected by the disaster.
• In Sri Lanka, the tsunami hit a relatively
  narrow, but long strip of land stretching over
  1,000 km, which is about 70 per cent of Sri
  Lanka's coastline.

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Tsunami devastation in Sri Lanka

• In the aftermath of the tsunami
• 40,000 are dead
• almost 6,000 are still missing
• about 15,000 are injured and in need of
  continued medical attention
• 500,000 are internally displaced
• about 150,000 homes, 400 educational
  institutions and 100 health facilities were
  destroyed or severely damaged
• 380,000 jobs were lost
• an additional 250,000 people are expected to
  fall below the poverty line as a direct result of
  the tsunami

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Tsunami devastation in Sri Lanka

• In the aftermath of the tsunami
• The World Bank estimates direct losses at 1
  billion US.
• The reconstruction costs are pegged at around
  1.5 billion USthat's 7 of the country's annual
  GDP
• GDP stands for gross domestic product, which
  means the total market value of all the goods and
  services produced within the borders of a nation
  during a specified period.

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About Free The Children

• Free The Children is the largest network of
  children helping children through education in
  the world, having directly impacted over one
  million children in 45 countries through our
  programs.
• The organization was founded in 1995 by Craig
  Kielburger and a group of his 12-year-old
  classmates.
• The organization is the lead NGO partner with
  the United Nations Office of the Special
  Representative for Children and Armed Conflict.
• Free The Children has been profiled on Oprah
  (four times), 60 Minutes (twice), CNN (many
  times) and in the Globe and Mail, Toronto Star,
  NY Times, TIME, People, The Economist and many
  other news and print media.
• The organization has received the Roosevelt
  Freedom Medal and the State of the World Forum
  Award. It has been nominated three times for the
  Nobel Peace Prize.

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A track record of success

• Through the voices and actions of young people,
  Free The Children has
• Built more than 400 primary schools in Africa,
  Asia and Latin America.
• Provided 35,000 children in the developing world
  with education every single day.
• Shipped 9 million US worth of essential medical
  supplies to 40 countries.
• Implemented althernative income projects,
  helping more than 20,000 poor women and their
  families.
• Delivered 200,000 school and health kits to
  students around the world.
• Provided 123,000 people with access to proper
  sanitation and clean water.

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Free The Children in Sri Lanka

• Since the tsunami, Free The Children has been
  involved in the rehabilitation and rebuilding of
  devastated communities in Sri Lanka through the
  Adopt a Village campaign.
• Free The Children is working in the Ampara
  District, located on the southeastern coast of
  Sri Lanka, which was directly in the path of the
  tsunami. Free The Children is the first
  organization to begin rebuilding in the Pottuvil
  District
• It is one of the worst affected districts of Sri
  Lanka, recording the highest number of deaths,
  displaced persons and damaged homes.
• It is estimated that 176 schools were completely
  destroyed and 281 schools severely damaged.

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Free The Children project locations in Sri Lanka
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How can you help?

• Through the Adopt a Village campaign, students
  will help poor and marginalized children and
  their families meet their basic human needs.
• This includes access to
• primary education
• alternative income projects
• health care services
• clean drinking water and proper sanitation
  systems

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Education Adopt a Village

• Education is a human right with immense power to
  transform. On its foundation rest the
  corner-stones of freedom, democracy and
  sustainable human development. Kofi Annan,
  United Nations Secretary General

• Free The Children believes that education,
  particularly for girls, gives the highest return
  of any social investment in the developing world.
  
• In the Education phase of the Adopt a Village
  campaign, you will share the gift of education
  with your peers by raising funds for
• rebuilding schools
• supporting teacher wages and training
• furnishing classrooms

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Poverty and skilled labour in Sri Lanka

• I have seen mile after mile of desolation, where
  once vibrant communities have suddenly ceased to
  exist. I have looked into the eyes of fishermen
  whose silence expressed their loss as no words
  could. I have seen families torn asunder, mothers
  inconsolable, livelihoods gone."
• Kofi Annan, United Nations Secretary-General

• 25 of the population lives below the national
  poverty line
• 50 of the population lives on less than 2 a
  day
• In the aftermath of the tsunami
• 380,000 jobs are lost
• another 250,000 people are expected to fall
  below the poverty line as a direct result of the
  tsunami
• fishing and farming industries have been
  completely devastatedfishermen lost their boats
  and fishing gear, and farming land has been
  contaminated with salt water

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Alternative Income Adopt a Village

• Alternative Income projects provide poor
  families, especially women, with a source of
  income to help rebuild their lives in the
  aftermath of the tsunami and to send their
  children to school.
• In the Alternative Income phase of the Adopt a
  Village campaign, your fundraising efforts will
  provide families, especially women, with a
  sustainable source of income through productive
  resources like
• milking animals (cows and goats)
• sewing machines

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Health care in Sri Lanka

• The tsunami destroyed 100 health facilities in
  Sri Lanka, including hospitals and clinics.
  Primary health concerns include
• controlling the spread of communicable diseases,
  as many survivors are sheltered in temporary
  camps
• providing nutritional support to children and
  pregnant women
• rehabilitating /constructing primary health care
  services
• supplying hospitals and clinics with essential
  medical supplies
• Even before the tsunami, health care in Sri Lanka
  was limited

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Health Care Adopt a Village

• Health care programs are essential to any
  community's development. Proper health care helps
  reduce the prevalence of preventable diseases and
  allows people to lead healthy and productive
  lives.
• In the Health Care phase of the Adopt a Village
  campaign, your fundraising efforts will support
  
• construction of health centres
• family and health education
• shipping of essential medical supplies
• nutritious lunch program

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Water and sanitation in Sri Lanka

• "We shall not finally defeat AIDS, tuberculosis,
  malaria, or any of the other infectious diseases
  that plague the developing world until we have
  also won the battle for safe drinking water,
  sanitation and basic health care.
• Kofi Annan, United Nations Secretary-General

• The tsunami has greatly affected potable water
  systems.
• Even before the tsunami, more than 20 of
  children were drinking unsafe water, and more
  than 8 were without access to basic sanitation.
• The tsunami has made children and their families
  more susceptible to water-borne diseases.
• Potable water systems have been contaminated by
  salinity from sea water and sewage from
  overflowing and damaged septic tanks.

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Water and Sanitation Adopt a Village

• Clean water and sanitation projects are vital to
  develop healthy communities. Safe water and
  proper sanitation helps reduce the prevalence of
  preventable diseases.
• In the Water and Sanitation phase of the Adopt a
  Village campaign, students will support the
  construction of
• community wells
• clean water systems for families

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Be the difference that makes the difference!

• Adopt a Village and help the children of Sri
  Lanka!

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• For more information on how to get involved
• in the Adopt a Village campaign,
• please contact the Youth Programming Team
• by calling 416.925.5894 or by e-mail at
  youth_at_freethechildren.com.
• Visit our website at www.freethechildren.com!