PULOLY CHILDREN'SVILLAGE - A HAVEN FOR WAR AFFECTED DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN
INCLUDING ORPHANS AND DISABLED CHILDREN
Gods Own Children Foundation administers
and manages a Mega Children's Residential Facility named Puloly Children's Village,
for War affected Children of the Vanni. This Children's Facility is situated
in Ubhayakathirgamam in Puloly South in Vadamaradchi. |
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We have identified more Disadvantaged
Children to admit to PCV, and as soon as we have sufficient |
The Civil War between the Government of Sri Lanka and the Tamil Tigers
came to a climax in 2009. More than 300,000 Civilians were the most affected,
being caught in between intermittent crossfire. The result was, more than
300,000 people of the Vanni ended up as Internally Displaced Persons (IDP’s)
in Sri Lanka government sponsored Welfare Villages in Menik Farm,
Chettikulam,Vavuniya. |
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A majority of the affected people were Women and Children. It was very
obvious that a generation of |
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Like similar Social
Service oriented organizations of its kind, Gods Own Children Foundation too,
was committed to implementing a program to help facilitate the Educational Dreams
of 200 Differently Able and Disadvantaged IDP Children languishing in the
Welfare Villages. |
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Our application and
request to the authorities was heeded, and GOCF began to lay the Foundation
for the Educational Development of a Minimum of 200 displaced, Differently Able
and Disadvantaged Children of both sexes , from the Welfare Villages in
Chettikulam, Vavuniya. |
Our appeal to Donors was
heeded by a closely knit Canadian Diaspora group, hailing originally from
Ubhayakathirgamam, Puloly, and Jaffna, who offered to provide their houses in
Puloly, Vadamaradchi, Jaffna on long lease to provide residential facilities
to the IDP Children that GOCF proposed to takeover into its custody.
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We will ensure that all children adhere to high standards of personal hygiene, and that they are provided with clothing, a nutritious diet, a safe and comfortable place to sleep and medical care. Each child will receive individual care and attention to their physical and emotional needs |
We will facilitate the education of each child at the neighboring
primary school. All children will receive extra |
Through an innovative internal monitoring mechanism , staff, volunteers and the local community will uphold high standards |
The PULOLY CHILDREN'S VILLAGE , in Uthayakathiragamam , Puloly South ,
Vadamaradchi , Jaffna , will not be an Institution – it will be a Family
which provides every Child with the Love and Care that they have so far been
denied. |