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The Hayleys relief efforts
were a result of the spirit, the commitment and contributions of
employees, of business associates, overseas partners and friends of
Hayleys. These efforts gathered momentum in the immediate aftermath of
the December 26th, 2004 catastrophe and their result is summarized
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A special unit was set up to coordinate and monitor the group’s Tsunami
relief work, headed by a Director of Operations, who was specially
contracted for the purpose. His expertise on logistics management
ensured more efficient and effective implementation of the work we
undertook. Our short term and intermediary relief efforts were
categorized as PHASE I whilst PHASE II is the medium- term project to
construct a school.
Our
flagship project - a new school for the children of Kathaluwa in
Ahangama, Galle
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As a light drizzle
cooled its terraced lawns on Thursday, May 18, the school opened
its doors to its first batch of students, who had spent four and
a half terms in makeshift sheds and an assembly hall of an
adjacent school, as they watched it take shape.
Consisting of 34,000
square feet of building space, the new school has 15 classrooms
each capable of accommodating up to 40 children, two computer
rooms with 10 computers, a laboratory, a library, assembly hall,
rooms for music, dancing and art, a toy room, a sick room,
counselling room, the principal’s office, administration office,
teachers’ meeting room, playground, children’s park and toilets,
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The
hexagonal monument supporting a concrete globe depicting
a rearing tsunami wave off the eastern and southern
coasts of Sri Lanka at the entrance, acknowledges
well-wishers in 25 countries on four continents whose
donations covered much of the construction cost |
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Two students
who opened the school by cutting the ribbon to enter the
Administration building |
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The Fund as of 31st January 2006 ( in Rs. Million) |
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A |
Employee
Contributions (of a day's wage) |
2.8 |
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B |
Group Companies’
Contributions (2 x A) |
5.6 |
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C |
Additional Employee
Voluntary Contributions |
0.7 |
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D |
Business Partners &
Friends of Hayleys (156 donors from 22 countries) |
23.3 |
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Sub Total |
32.4 |
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E |
Hayleys PLC
matching commitment |
32.4 |
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F |
Contributions
received after 28th February 2005* |
6.5 |
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G |
Interest Income |
1.6 |
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H |
Hayleys Ltd
additional contribution to meet final cost |
2.2 |
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Total |
75.1 |
*no matching contributions in respect of these contributions
PHASE I consisted of hands-on work done in the immediate aftermath of
the disaster as well as ongoing efforts at short term and intermediary
relief. Summary of some of the work:
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Set up and
maintained 2 camps in Galle and Kalmunai. We provided food,
clothing, basic medicines, sanitary needs, school needs and
toys. In addition, products of the diverse Hayley portfolio
valuing over Rs. 2,800,000 were distributed to camps and others
affected.
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Sustained support to
the Galle camp and the people in the areas.
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Trained youth
hand-picked from Galle area, in trauma counseling with the
voluntary involvement of resource personnel.
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Donated fishing
boats with outboard motors to fishermen in Galle and Jaffna.
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Continuously
despatched consignments, at regular intervals, to Galle, Matara,
Kalmunai, Jaffna and Moratuwa.
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Donated computers,
related equipment and furniture to Al Hamiya Arabic College in
Kalmunai.
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Assisted fibre
millers and producers of coir yarn who were affected by donating
coir yarn machines, raw fibre and by purchasing their supplies
despite being hampered by loss of storage space.
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