Successful trip to Sri Lanka, Janaury 2012

Progress with Orphanage

SFWIN's founder recently travelled to Sri Lanka to visit our projects spread around the island. She visited St Mary's Home, the Orphanage we established in 2011 to monitor the progress of the children it currently cares for. They are all doing well and their nutrition and health has improved since their arrival at the Orphanage. In additional to their schooling, they are learning English and being encouraged to develop their talents with music and sports. SFWIN hopes to provide some musical intruments for them to play. We are financially supporting these children through our fundraising and are also looking for individual sponsors for these 12 boys.

Sponsored students

Following a successful meeting with the older students which SFWIN and individual supporters in the UK sponsor near Colombo, SFWIN's founder arranged to take the students out for a day to Kandy, a famous and beautiful tourist location further north where many of them had never been able to afford to travel to.

SFWIN's founder also went to see the progress of the younger children we sponsor in Barawakabuka, Southern Sri Lanka, who we have supported since the Tsunami in 2004. Some of these children have now finished studying and are doing courses in I.T., and electrician work, hoping to find work eventually. Others are taking their A-levels this year and others are waiting for O-Level results. All of the students are very ambitious and hard working and would not be able to continue with their ambitions and work without the support of SFWIN and its sponsors. 

If you are interested in sponsoring a student and making a difference to someone's future forever, please contact us.

Individual Visits

SFWIN's founder also visited an elderly man who SFWIN provided medicine for following serious heart problems; and a young girl who has a severe muscle degeneration in her arm, leaving her disabled. She is now seeking help from SFWIN and the local church to provide a sewing machine for her future career, as she has not been able to attend school since the age of 10 and has been isolated due to her health problems. SFWIN's founder also visited the family of a man who drowned the night before he was due to move into his new home. The house was built for his family following the floods in 2011 when his original home was destroyed. His death occured during her trip and she was able to spend time with the family to comfort them.

Orphanage in Sri Lanka officially opened - 2011

After many uphill struggles and thanks to supporters of SFWIN, we are very excited to have been able to finally establish St Mary's Home, an Orphanage for 12 boys in the northern region of Sri Lanka. This has been opened with the help of Bishop Norbert. The Orphanage has welcomed a mixture of children who are either Tsunami victims or orphans from poor backgrounds, who are now housed safely and in a healthy environment. They attend the school next to the Orphanage and are cared for by the Sisters of the Holy Angels in Alagollewa.

SFWIN is looking for ongoing support for this Orphanage to support the children. If you can help, please contact us.

Sponsored walk - April 2011

On 16th April 2011, a group of volunteers took part in a sponsored walk for those affected by the floods in northern Sri Lanka. The team walked around Alton Water in Suffolk to help raise money.