Once known as a seat of learning & culture, Jaffna has been a district most affected by the three decade war. Thousands have been displaced, families have lost loved ones, assets have been destroyed, and there seems to be no rainbow in the lost horizon. Worse still, children who have seen all this destruction have been traumatised. Definitely, the war & the tsunami have had an adverse effect on the lives of Jaffna's children
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Sewing Centre (In Sangarapillai Road, Manipay) was inaugurated, on the 14th of December 2008.
There was a dire need to ensure that the War affected Children go to school without further delay.
While International NGO's assisted IDP Children to go to school by providing school supplies and school bags,
there was a large vacuum that was needed to be filled by other organizations supported by civic conscious individuals ,
companies and associations.
The art exhibition was held on the 7th and 8th September 2008 at the Illam Kalaignar Manram Hall, Nallur, Jaffna. The Art Exhibition in Colombo was held on 30th September 2008 and 1st October 2008 at the St. Pauls Milagiriya Church Hall, Colombo 04. All the children from all the GOC Schools participated in the art exhibition organized by the Gods Own Children Foundation in both Jaffna and Colombo.
PDIP (Princess Diana Institute of Peace), A Think Tank on Post-Conflict, Economic and Gender issues has awarded Gods Own Children, a Sri Lankan NGO based in the war-ravaged Jaffna Peninsula, in the Northern part of Sri Lanka , a Merit Award for its Management Excellence.
GOCF recently facilitated the visit to Jaffna of a Nationally Renowned Optician to conduct Free Eye Camps
in Jaffna. Free Eye Camps were conducted in Nallur , Manipay and Point Pedro. The Opticians brought the
Latest Electronic Eye Testing Equipment to Jaffna and tested the vision of disadvantaged people including
children.