SCHOOLCHILDREN EMPTY PIGGY BANKS TO HELP

Cambridge, January 20, 2005

The tsunami of December 26, 2004 was a topic of enormous concern in the combined grade 2/3 classroom at the Lesley Ellis School in Arlington, Massachusetts, USA.

The students, aged 7 to 8, explored the world map to locate the areas of damage, investigated the countries affected and studied earthquakes and tidal waves. One of the children had been to Sri Lanka and told the others about swimming in the sea at the now devastated south coast.

The children wanted to aid young tsunami survivors directly. They knew that the local organisation SARID was taking relief provisions to areas in Sri Lanka where schools and houses had been destroyed or damaged by the tidal waves. So they went home and emptied piggy banks and delved into their savings and allowances to present their teacher Jennifer Young with $200 in all to help schoolchildren through SARID.

Now SARID is sending these funds, donated with so much compassion, to Sri Lanka, where it will be used to obtain school supplies or even rebuild a schoolhouse.

Thank you Lesley Ellis 2/3 class!

For more information, please contact:  Dr. Janaki Blum, Spokeswoman/Director, SARID, tel.: 617.492.0764

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For more information please contact Dr. Janaki Blum 617.492.0764, or Javed Sultan 617.492.6222 ext 11

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