Dear Members/Wellwishers,

SLUNA's HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE PROJECTS 2007-2008

We have pleasure in informing you that we have been able to carry out the following Humanitarian
Assistance Projects with your support, to help the needy in our motherland:

1. Supply of Mosquito Nets to poor families in Omanthai in liaison with the SLA
This project was led by our Treasurer Meneka Karunanayake, which was successfully completed
in January 2008. The mosquito nets were requested by the Sri Lanka Army for distribution to
needy families in OMANTHAI, due to the prevalence of mosquitoes and a high incidence of malaria
especially among children in the resident population. The attached pictures gives a glimpse of the
delivery aspects where our project coordinator Meneka and her family and actual recipients of the
mosquito nets are featured.

2. Provision of School Supplies to Children in the New Primary School in Shanthimale, EP
We undertook to assist the Thawalama Development Foundation in providing school supplies to the
children in the New Primary School established in Shanthimale, in the newly liberated area of the
Eastern Province at the request of the Special Task Force. We contributed $500.00 (Rs.51,000.00)
which represented approximately two-thirds of the total cost of the school supplies which had been
distributed to the children towards the latter part of 2007, who now had opportunities for schooling
following the eviction of the LTTE terrorists from the region. We were told that the children and their
parents were moved to tears on receipt of this simple gift, in which we too participated. (No pictures
are available at present. Shall request Lt. Col. Anil Amarasekera of Thawalama DF to kindly
furnish us with a few pictures for our record.)

3. Grant of $250.00 to SUCCESS COLOMBO for carrying out Medical Clinics and other Services
Our grant of $250.00 (Rs. 25,000.00) was personally delivered to Dr. Anula Wijesundera, President of SUCCESS COLOMBO at the Medical Clinic carried out in Sinhapura, close to Welikanda on December 16, 2007, by SLUNA's President who participated in the program.

4. Supply of Equipment/Accessories to the Anuradhapura Teaching Hospital, Surgical Division
This project was undertaken with the help of Dr. Prasanna Gunasena, Consultant Neuro Surgeon attached to the Anuradhapura Teaching Hospital, and spread over several months in 2007 and concluded in the month of January 2008. We selected this hospital in Anuradhapura as most of the injured civilians and security forces personnel were rushed to this location for urgent treatment, owing to injuries suffered due to the ongoing conflict to rid the country of the menace of LTTE terrorism. The nine surgeons at the hospital have been performing round the clock and doing their utmost to save the lives of the injured brought from places as far away as Mannar, Kebithigollewa, etc. ( No pictures are available at the present time.

Dr. Gunasena who is currently in Australia will be taking steps to send us some pictures of the
gifted items on his return to Sri Lanka.) Items supplied are listed below:
a) 1 unitWater Distiller and spare filter costing US $ 1187.00
b) 2 Comfort Chairs with Relax Chair Foot Stools for ICU Patients - Rs. 29,070.00
c) 2 Double Jar Suction Units - Rs. 71,000.00
d) 1 Adjustable Bed with Mattress for ICU (gifted by family member in Sri Lanka)
e) 1 Electrically operated Hand Dryer for the Surgical Staff - Rs. 28,750.00
f ) 1 Dry and Wet Vacuum Cleaner for the Operating Theatre - Rs. 46,230.00
g) 2 Water Filters and 1 Electric Kettle for use of the Surgical Staff - Rs. 12,500.00
h) 1 Multi Monitor costing approximately $5,650.00 gifted by our friends in CAUS, Vancouver
1) 10 Wheel Chairs costing approximately Rs.120,000.00 gifted by our friends in SPUR, Victoria, Australia

Our President had on his own raised private funds which were donated to Karuna Trust, The School for the Deaf & Blind, North East Sinhala Organization - Ampara, Manel Mal Vyaparaya, etc. which charities are also providing a range of assistance to our less fortunate brothers and sisters in our motherland.

We are at present in the midst of a campaign to raise funds to provide essential welfare needs of active as well as injured members of Sri Lanka's Security Forces who are making immense sacrifices to ensure a better tomorrow for all citizens of Sri Lanka from all backgrounds. Our campaign is called 'SLUNA's HEROES FUND' . Out of the funds raised so far, we have already remitted a sum of $500.00 towards gift packs of toiletries and other essentials to be distributed to injured security forces personnel undergoing treatment in hospitals.

Thank you once again for supporting SLUNA's Humanitarian Assistance Programs.


Yours sincerely,

Mahinda Gunasekera
Honorary President

Encl. Pictures attached.