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It’s been a while since the last news update as we’ve all been very busy. Lots has been happening, we’re glad to say, mainly thanks to the valiant hard work of our volunteers, Laura Dunham and Katie Posner, and of course Jake Zarins working for both Project Galle 05 and Friends of Unawatuna. Thanks, too, to Erik Coleman, working for Project Galle 05 and coming up with some great ideas for us to get involved with!

9 Aug 2005 - friends od Unawatuna.

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School

The Unawatuna Montessori Pre-school looks after children aged between 3-4 years old. Located on the main Galle Road in Unawatuna, the school is attended by 29 children from low income families. Each child attends free of charge and many of the children come from families affected by the Tsunami. The building itself was flooded by the Tsunami. The buildings structure, including walls, roof, windows and doors are intact. However, many of the facilities, for example, toys and furniture are now broken or washed away. Friends of Unawatuna agreed to supply the school with new toys, uniforms and furniture. Please go to the Montessori school Projects page here for more details.

Karapitiya Teaching Hospital

We were asked by the Karapitiya Teaching Hospital to supply them with medical equipment specifically for laparoscopy and endoscopy and, as Sian Hughes (the Welsh/Australian doctor who was caught up in the tsunami) and her husband, Tony Heselev, was going out there in July, they were able to hand over the donation personally, which were gratefully received. Thank you, Sian and Tony. Sian is also closely involved in forging links between the hospital she works for, the Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne, and Karapitiya in Galle, so she will be visiting Sri Lanka again in the near future. Sian and Tony, with the surplus money from Friends of Unawatuna, also provided the neo-natal ward and the paediatric ward with two TVs and video players to relieve the tedium of in-patient care.

Sian wrote: ‘Two surgeons in Karapitiya had requested equipment and we met them to discuss how we could help. Dr Galketiya had been trained in laparoscopy keyhole surgery in Sydney and has equipment but did not have the spare parts required to continue its use. Laparoscopic surgery is much less invasive so the hospital is very fortunate to ...