MicroAid Builds a New Home for the Soodin Family — 2010
In Hambantota, a town in southern Sri Lanka which was especiall hard hit by the tsunami in 2004, MicroAid built a house for the Soodin...
MicroAid Repairs the Thaya Family Home — 2010
MicroAid provided windows and doors to two tsunami families who, after their homes were washed away, were just handed money to rebuild....
MicroAid Repairs the Nagakanni Family Home — 2010
Mrs. Nagakanni’s husband, a fisherman, had been abducted by the LTTE and then imprisoned for seven years. He was away when the tsunami...
Back from Sri Lanka
I am happy to report that I am back from Sri Lanka having completed all the post-disaster recovery projects we set out to do. As you...
Sri Lanka April 2010 Update
Can’t remember when it started, but the Soodin kids now call me “Jon-uncle.” So sweet, really, as long as they don’t start calling me,...
Sri Lanka Project Update March 2010
It’s funny how once you fix one thing in your house it can spur a host of other home-improvement projects. When we started to install the...
Sri Lanka March 2010
A quick note about traveling: the more you do it, the less different the world seems–slight variations in clothing, architecture,...
24 Hours in a Day
In so many ways I am getting used to being here. I don’t feel bedraggled all the time, and a breeze in the shade, even at 90 degrees,...
A Village in the Jungle
After a few days in hot, smoggy, congested Colombo, the capital city on the edge of the Indian Ocean, I headed south to the first...
Sri Lanka February 2010 Update
I am very happy to report that thanks to our donors and board of directors we have raised enough money to help a few of the remaining...
