[sustran] Post-Tsunami help to Samaritan Children's Home in Sri Lanka

[Dharm Guruswamy]

There was a piece on CNN about this. The local media here (not just print but local TV news) in Washington DC have also covered the attempts of the sisters family's attempts to raise money locally in the Washington, DC area.
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   Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2005 17:46:56 +0100
   From: "EcoPlan, Paris" <eric.britton at ecoplan.org>
Subject: [sustran] Post-Tsunami help to Samaritan Children's Home in Sri Lanka

Monday, January 10, 2005, Paris, France, Europe

 

Dear Sustran Friends,

 

I would be most grateful if you could help us do a quick "Due Diligence" of
the following organization with whom we have entered into contact, with the
idea of seeing what might be done to offer them some kind of support in the
post-Tsunami rebuilding efforts.  It is of course very difficult for us to
be sure of their complete bona fide since we do not have any colleagues
directly in place or experienced in working with them.  My hope is that one
or more of you may be able to help us carry out even a rapid check, before
we begin to put a lot of time, effort and eventually money into this.

 

Background:  I attach below some extracts from a newspaper article covering
the story.  There is a website for the Samaritan Children's Home at
http://samaritanchildrenshome.org <http://samaritanchildrenshome.org/> , and
here is what they have to say about themselves and their terrible plight: 
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