Earlier this week, we were able to count through the budget and the costs for the water project since our part of the project that consisted of digging etc. was completed. We then realized that we had about 24 thousand rupees left after paying off the water-board and labor costs. Instead of eloping onto a deserted island in the middle of the tropics and never putting our feet into society again (note that 24 thousand rupees is about 1500kr, A LOT OF MONEY!), we wanted to think of something that would really help many families.
We came to the conclusion that it would be best to buy basic food supplies for each family so that they were able to save the money that would've been used on those items on other things instead. Our good friend Kolin showed us an area that had been affected the hardest during the 2004 tsunami but had been left forgotten, struggling for their lives. We bought all these supplies yesterday on the 5th of January 2012. We gave each family:
- 5kg red rice
- 1kg lentils
- 1kg flour
- 400g salt
- 50g turmeric powder
- 100g curry powder
- 100g chili pieces
We also helped out a boy's orphanage a bit outside of Hikkaduwa. This orphanage is for boys between the ages of 3-16 who have lost their parents for various reasons. The orphanage takes care of about 15 boys at a time. We bought:
- 10kg flour
- 10kg lentils
- 15 toothbrushes
- 7 tubes of toothpaste
- 20 soap bars (Sorry Klara Printz, Emma Carlsson and Olivia Hogan!)
- About 1 liter of Dettol (Antiseptic liquid)
We even had time to play some cricket with the boys.
Today, we still had more money left, so we decided to help out more families. One of our favorite tuktuk drivers Sunil lived in a village that was impoverished. We supplied 8 families with:
- 5kg red rice
- 1kg lentils
- Sunil (Between Chelsea and I) and his family.
We are having slight difficulties uploading the photos so we will try to upload them tomorrow or when we get access to internet with our computers.
Bye! Chelsea & Harris
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