A new Endowment Fund was set up during the visit of IIW President Trish Douglas to provide for a limb annually on 10th January to celebrate the establishment of International Inner Wheel. The first limb was gifted to a 16 year old school girl.
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Caring for newborn babies
Cradles, bedding, clothes, baby care items and milk powder were given to a Girl’s Home near Kandy and the excess funds were used for repairing and baby-proofing older cradles.
Celebrating the International Day of the Girl Child
Marking the International Day of the Girl Child an artificial limb is donated annually to a girl through the Center for Handicapped. The recipient of the limb this year was nine-year-old Dimalshi, who was born with a congenital deformity and who needs her artificial limb replaced each year as she outgrows the previous one.
Supporting a school for under privileged youngsters
Funds and books were donated to a special school for children from an underprivileged community in Digana.
Food for Needy Families
Donated a month’s dry rations to 17 needy families in and around Kandy.
District project on Women Empowerment
Provided a 5 month-long scholarship to a final year dental student who is currently awaiting her results and the assignment of an internship.
Meals for a Home for Blind Women
Makes periodic donations for a day’s meals for the inmates of a Home for Blind Women.