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EVENTS
Latest Event: Child Aid Lanka UK passed a motion at its AGM on 31st October 2009 to set up Child Aid Lanka in Sri Lanka. This task was carried out by UK Trustee Naomi Aruliah during her visit to Sri Lanka between February and May 2010. A committee was formed of eminent Sri Lankans with long standing experience in finance, service to the community, and organisational and management experience to further the cause, vision and mission of Child Aid Lanka.
The Child Aid Lanka committee members have, since the AGM, been reviewing how we can make our funds help underprivileged children in Sri Lanka. We have connected up with Practical Action in the UK, who introduced us to Practical Action South Asia, which has their office in Colombo. During her visit to Colombo in April, our CAL Secretary, Kumari Ratnayake, met the Director of Practical Action, accompanied by the President of Rotary Club of Colombo and a representative of Zonta Club, to discuss our project to provide renewable energy, i.e. Solar Panels and Wind Turbines, to childcare centres and orphanages. We are also reviewing microfinance projects in the tsunami-affected parts of the island, setting up projects to help charitable organisations help themselves.
This year's AGM was held at the Serendip Restaurant, 69 Stonecot Hill, Sutton (Tel 020 8641
2199).
Laura Moffatt MP hosted a reception to celebrate the Tenth Anniversary of Child Aid Lanka at the House of Commons, Jubilee Room on the 26th of June 2008. A guided tour of the House of Commons and a buffet was served.
Our annual Christmas Dinner was held at the well known Sri
Lankan restaurant, "CUZINI",
on Sunday 16th December.
The latest AGM was held on Saturday 27th October
2007 at St Paul's Church 15 Northey
Avenue, Surrey SM2 7HS. Leslie Middleton-Weaver spoke
on "Delivering aid that has been asked for, and what it has
accomplished" followed by a discussion.
A fundraising Dinner and Cultural Show was held on
16th of June ’07 at St Paul’s
Church, Surrey. “Sunset Soiree 2007”. These funds will go towards the Energy Project that
is being negotiated for the coming years. Greening of the Planet is on the world’s agenda, and we
should pay particular attention to our deprived children benefiting from some support, gaining
from this momentum to better their lot.
Our annual Christmas
Party was held on Saturday 2nd December 2006 at the
newly opened restaurant "Cuzini", No 22 The Boulevard,
Crawley, West Sussex RH10 1XP. It was a lovely evening, with compliments
to the chef!
We held our 2006 Annual General Meeting on October
28th. We have had a very successful year. We are now registered
with the Charities Commission. Our focus should be to identify major
donors to support CAL projects.
A DINNER DANCE was held on 29th July 2006 at St Paul’s Church, Northey Avenue, Cheam. See the Secretary's Report presented at the occasion. See the two leaflets giving information on the Mobile Medical Clinic's activities in January 2006. St Paul’s (Howell Hill) and St Mary’s (Burgh Heath), individuals and Child Aid Lanka all support the work of the clinic; Mobile Medical Clinic Leaflet 1 Mobile Medical Clinic Leaflet 2
"After Tsunami, A look at Sri Lanka and the work of the Mobile Clinic"
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