Little Blue Elephant as. in Finland

Information about our beautiful project in southern Sri Lanka

 

Madiha is a fishing village in the southern part of Sri Lanka which was destroyed by the tsunami on December 26, 2004.  Two weeks after the tsunami, our intention was to help the traumatized children and their families, by utilizing art and play therapy to see how we could help these hopeless villagers to resconstruct their lives.



After our return in 2005, we decided to develop our assosiation The Little Blue Elephant in Helsinki, Finland in April. From then on, we would go to the same village every year to meet these families and the children and to assess their situation.


Our aim was to develop an educational program for the girls from families in difficulty. Most of the parents did not know how to read and
write. The girls in Sri Lanka don't have any opportunity to improve their lives or gain employment without an education.


Women in Sri Lanka are not equal to men - they do not have the same rights or considerations. Their traditional role in the family is to cook, clean, have children and look after them but nothing else. Except perhaps the brutality they endure because as women they do not have a voice in Sri Lanka.




However, an educated woman is considered a better marital partner and she has far more freedom. Furthermore, if she brings girls into the world she will ensure that they too are educated and they may enjoy similar privileges. The goal is to equalize the playing field so that both girls and boys / women and men are treated in the same fashion.

Support for the education

A charitable donation of 12 € monthly is enough to cover the cost for one child's school uniforms, shoes, school bag, books, pencils and 16 hours monthly education in English and mathematics at the college in Matara.


The girls write a letter in English for their parental sponsor approximately once in every three-four months. These letters show that the girls have learned and progressed in English. This kind of correspondence gives joy on both sides: parental sponsors can follow their sponsored kids to see their development and the girls can rejoice in the skills they have learned. In that exchange, the girls send drawings and in return they receive photos, stickers or postcards. This creates an alliance between the sponsors and the child, and the children's parents who then may wish to invite the sponsor family to visit them in Sri Lanka.

 

The other objects of support

 

Moreover, our association helps families in many ways: to get a kitchen renovation or a chimney built, running water, running water pools, mattresses for sleeping, mosquito nets, and most of all rice.

If you would like to get more information about our association, please refer to the names and numbers listed below and find us also in facebook.
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Pieni-Sininen-Elefantti-Ry-Little-Blue-Elephant-As/147919351982383

Little Blue Elephant Ass.

contact by e-mail: danirolser@hotmail.com or danirolser@gmail.com


Pieni Sininen Elefantti ry
Kouvolan Seudun Osuuspankki, tilinumero 575077-249473
IBAN: FI5757507720049473