Thank you from the kids in the Paalam School in Wattala, Sri Lanka for the kind donation from Matrix Kitchens.

kids in Paalam School, Wattala, Sri Lanka say thank you to Matrix Kitchens

I Pray that this finds you well. It has been a while since I last send out some updates touching on our work out here in Nakuru, Kenya.

To start with we have just coming out of Electioneering season where we had an opportunity to do it under a new constitution. Amazing how much everyone was involved trying to create a peaceful environment for their neighbor quite contrary to what we had in 2007/8 we we had disputed elections. then tribal anarchy leading to an explosion in internally displaced persons and street families.

We have a course to thank God as Kenyans for ministering peace unto us. This doesn’t mean that the elections were smooth but the thing is that the parties that were aggrieved sought to pursue the matter in the court system which also explains that our Judiciary has really improved!! Now this makes me feel proud to be Kenyan !!

At Rainedge, we have had amazing progress on the ground! Sure24 home with now just over 100 kids and the feeding program attracting more kids every Saturday ranging between 100-300 . living Fountain Academy with more that 250 kids and many still on the waiting list, We have started bottling water Aquasure24 where we treat water through reverse Osmosis and using profits to support sure24 home., We now have more than 27 kids that we are taking through High school. It really looks great!

We are so excited with the progress and more still to come!

On the 31st of March we are going to hold a special Sunday celebration where we are looking into inviting the people that are considered of the lowest class in our community to come spend the day with us, we are looking at street kids, Drunkards, matatu crew, and actually a word is out and we are doing them specific invitation cards. We want to dance, Eat and Drink with them and then share some goodies with them before we release them. It will be a moment for us to give back to others. I’m indeed excited for this. We will hire a few matatus(public transport) to bring in street families from town.

Thanks for partnering with us, without your help we would never have come thus far! Well, on this occasion we are still under budget and if you can help in anyway we will really appreciate! We are in it together and am counting on your support!! it will be on the 31st of March!!

Love and Blessings, Sammy

RAINEDGE INTERNATIONAL

Proposed Site of new Paalam Children’s Home Building – in Irupalai – Jaffna – Sri Lanka
The Paalam Children’s Home was initially set up to meet the needs of children
affected by the years of conflict in the north of Sri Lanka. The home now also
cares for children who lost their families in the Tsunami, children who have been
abandoned, and children referred by the Jaffna courts for various reasons. The
home has been operating since September 1998. The children’s home is registered
with the Ministry of Social Services (FL68511) at “Sethsiripaya”, Battaramulla, since
17th June 2003. We also registered locally with the Department of Probation Child
Care Services (NEP/PCC/CH/143) since 1st August 2005.
Over the past 8 months we have been caught up in what we feel is a spiritual battle
but local authorities in Sri Lanka would call it social change, where the government
has been placing pressure on us to close the Paalam Children’s Home in Jaffna.
However after many meetings with the head’s of government in Jaffna we have now
been granted permission to keep our children’s home open on the basis that we
move the home to a new site.
We are grateful that the government has granted us permission to keep the home
open but we must now work towards building a new home for the children. We
already have land allocated to the building of a new home but we need to raise the
funds for the building itself.
Paalam Children’s Home
Registered with the Department of Social Services (FL68511)
& Department of Probation Child Care Services (NEP/PCC/CH/143)
CHILDREN’S HOMEWe have begun fundraising initiatives but we cannot raise the funds without the
help of outside funding. Our request is this. Would you consider making a donation
towards the building of the Paalam Children’s Home in Jaffna.
The cost of the new building is estimated at £90,000. If we can raise £60,000 our
local bank in Sri Lanka will grant us a loan for the further £30,000.
By helping us in this way we will be able to build the Home this year and so provide
the children with a much needed new home. This new home will help us to provide
vulnerable children with an even higher standard of care and support. It will also be
a long term investment into the future of the many other children who will come to
us in the days and years ahead.
The aim of our children’s home and our desire for our children is that each child
should be cared for in such a way that they have a good future and they grow to be
good citizens of Sri Lanka before they leave our home.
We would be really grateful if you would consider our request.
We have set up a donate site with Links International as below.
1) Go to give.linksinternational.org.uk
2) Click on ACT4YOU DONATION
3) Fill out payment details
4)It will ask you to specify account at checkout-
Please type in PAALAM CHILDREN 3409
Please do contact us again in response to this request. Our email address is
paalamsl@yahoo.co.uk
We thank you for the time you have taken to read this letter.
Yours sincerely,

Karen Dey Jenny Sinnadurai
P.S. Please remember that by helping us to construct this building, you will
be investing into the future of vulnerable and needy children in Sri Lanka.
Attached is a plan of the new children’s home

Our yearly Pcc Open day has come round again and your all welcome to enjoy a sunny (hopefully) day on Tottenham Marshes enjoying the nature and the music.  We will have refreshments, face painting and some entertainment.  There will also be a fun run by under 11s who are raising money for Sri Lanka (click here to donate).

PCC Open Day
13th July 2012
2pm – 6PM
@ Stonebridge Lock
Waterside Center
Tottenham Marshes
N17 0XD

Book Now to avoid disappointment!

Getting started: Here comes the 3 day and 3 night fest of Nature | Camp | Sport | Art | Music | Spirituality | Laughs.

The family gets bigger as we party and work together to build a great environment for all ages to enjoy and express themselves.  This year we have got a new site that offers 4 square miles of fun and surprises. It’s in Bury St edmunds and is a national trust treasure.

You all remember the last one so I won’t go and if you didn’t come then have a look at the website for more info.

Camp Rainbow is your oyster, so come and enjoy!

Please Please Please: If you could be so kind as to fill in this 2 minute survey which would give us some feedback from 2011.  This would be a great help and a great resource to the future planning of Camp Rainbow. If you got 2 minutes then please contribute. x

click here to fill in survey!

CampRainbow is £45 for all ages over 18, £25 for those 6-17′s and under 5′s are free. This ticket price includes all meals, activities and your pitch.  It’s a cheap ticket for all that’s included in the price but for some it can still be hard to find. If you can afford to, offer to buy someone else’s for them or make a donation – thanks. Either way it would be great to see you there. To pay please follow the simple instructions on our website’s eventbrite link. Also if you have a spare seat, you need a seat in a car, or you just wanna save the planet (cash) then try the car share site using event code 955 at www.eventcarshare.com

10th March @ PASSING CLOUDS, 1 RICHMOND ROAD, E8 4AA

JUMBLE VINTAGE SALE

Clothes | Jumble Battle | Music | Bar | Family | Live Performances | Catwalk

Take a dive in the ring and as our bodies move to the beats, we take a look into Urban Chic!
A day of jumbling and bimbling, DJs, loadsa musicians and tons of family sudo fashionable fun!

Rumble in the Jumble is a bi-monthly ethical event,  recycling clothes whilst raising money through PCC Charity. If you love fashion, vintage or recycling clothes, then rumble the jumble.

Quite interesting report on unaccompanied children arriving in Dover.

Landing in Dover

Jaffna Internally Displaced People Camp Report from Paalam Project

At the end of June we received funding from many donors to assist the Paalam Project with aid into the Welfare Camps in the Jaffna District. Our aim was to assist the Kopay Camp in particular as the Paalam Project and New Living Flame Church has its main base in Kopay. In the Kopay camp we have been assisting the 200 families consisting of 483 individuals on a weekly basis.

Thanks to the funding from many donors we were able to provide bed sheets and towels to every person in the Kopay camp. We were also able to purchase clothing for each of the babies in the camp and clothes for the children and teenagers.

We are also working into the Kodikamam Camp where there are 389 families and 1,176 individuals whom we have provided sheets and towels to, along with clothing for the babies in the camp.

On our initial visits to the camps it had been very difficult to get permission to take teams into the camps. We had to write letters to the Government Agent (GA) at the main City Council office (Katcheri) in Jaffna and once we received their approval then take this to the Ministry of Defence for a clearance signature from the Brigadier. This was very time consuming and difficult with our requests often being turned down.

After we received the funding from our donors we went to the Kopay camp with all our permission letters and still we were told we could not distribute the goods needed in the camp. So we asked to speak to the person in charge of the camp. At first they were not willing but after much persuasion the officers put us through and our senior Pastor Jenny Sinnadurai spoke to the Colonel in charge of the camp, explaining that his staffs were not permitting us to enter the camp despite having received permission letters. The Colonel arranged with us to come back to the camp in two days time. That Tuesday we returned to the Camp where we were met by the Colonel who escorted our vehicle and team into the camp. The goods were checked by the army and then we were able to prepare to distribute them.

We had with us a team of 13 people consisting of two youths from our church in Switzerland, two youths from our church in Colombo, myself from New Zealand and others from our church in Kopay.

Our teams are visiting the camps on a weekly basis providing goods requested by the Ministry of Defence. We have been able to distribute these goods directly to those in need at the camps.

04 December · 16:00 - 19:00 @ the fox pub function hall, 413 green lanes, london n13 4jd

Fashion & Music for Cause. A late afternoon of family fashionable fun where you can enjoy the tunes, get some bargain clothes & enjoy a couple of shows.

Take a dive into the ring and as our bodies move to the music, we take a look into Urban Chic!

Catwalk | Jumble Battle | Music | Bar | Family | Raffles | Live Performances

All proceeds towards education in Sri Lanka | Kenya | UK