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 provided windows and doors to two tsunami families who, after their homes were washed away, were just handed money to rebuild....

Mrs. Nagakanni’s husband, a fisherman, had been abducted by the LTTE and then imprisoned for seven years.  He was away when the tsunami...

Talofa Everyone I want to thank you for all the great emails and words of support while I was on the fact-finding mission in Samoa. . ....

Well, I am two thirds of the way through the fact-finding mission to Samoa. As you know, they had a devastating tsunami in 2009...

Hello MicroAid supporters. I hope this note finds you happy, healthy, and secure. I have been laying the groundwork for disaster recovery...

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...

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,...

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...

A quick note about traveling: the more you do it, the less different the world seems–slight variations in clothing, architecture,...

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,...

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...

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...

Hello everyone: I just wanted to let you know that MicroAid is moving forward despite these tough economic times, and the difficulties...

As Typhoon Morakot has left a path of devastation in Taiwan and Eastern China, a lot of the world’s humanitarian resources are headed in...

I want to thank everyone for the good wishes and support since the launch of the website. We are doing pretty well with the fundraising...