While addressing longer term core issues like reconciliation, we at Sri Lanka Unites are very much concerned with the current situation with the Internally Displaced Sri Lankans (IDSLs) in the Wanni. We have already engaged in several activities to provide relief items to them, and members of our team have visited the IDSL camps several times. Our Asst. Vice President, Kirubakaran Christin Raja, is the Sri Lanka Unites representative in Mannar and also heads our IDSL initiatives. In an official capacity, he is the IDSL camp co-ordinator for the prominent local NGO, Sarvodhaya, in the Mannar and Vavuniya regions. Due to the recent floods there has been a pressing need for rubber slippers among these people in the camps. We have taken the initiative to collect over 1000 rubber slippers to distribute amongst them and will be visiting a few designated camps which have been identified by Christin Raja next week. In addition to this, we will also be carrying out other shramdhana activities in the camp. Also next week, we have been invited to a resettlement camp in the Mannar region to spend some time with the children there. The day will be spent playing games, having art projects and other such activities allowing us to form friendships with the children and help ease their strained psychological position. Much of the time will be spent in conversing and interacting with them, and providing psycho-social relief. Furthermore, in the upcoming months, we intend to fully implement a plan to collect 25,000 hygiene packs in the schools that participated in the Future Leaders Conference. Part of this initiative was already implemented, with support from a multi-religious women’s group based in Colombo.

Hygiene Kit - (Family Pack)

• Bath soap 04 pcs
• Laundry soap 04 pcs
• Tooth brushes 05
• Tooth paste 120g
• Sanitary napkins 30
• Shampoo 200ml
• Plastic razor 04 pcs
• Hair oil ( any type of oil) 100ml
• Rubber Slippers 2 pairs