The KKS (Keep Kids in School) project was initiated in June 2020, with the aim of providing financial assistance to a group of vulnerable children living in remote villages around Tissamaharama in Sri Lanka. The children supported by the KKS project belong to families of labourers, farmers, street vendors and daily wage earners who have been struggling to survive in the past couple of years due to financial hardships. Children in these families are sometimes forced to leave school or earn a living, the opportunity to finish their school education being stolen from them. The aim of the KKS project is to ensure that these children remain in school until they complete school up to the A/Level examination, by having some of their educational costs met by sponsorship.
The cost to sponsor one child is AUD 10/= a month and 100% of donations go towards school expenses such as books, stationary, uniforms and shoes. There are no administrative costs involved.
June 2020- Dec 2021 BUDGET SUMMARY:
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June 2020 – December 2020 Jan 2021 – June 2021 TOTAL REVENUE |
AUD 2,180 (plus Rs. 30,000 paid in SLR) AUD 4,910 AUD 12,150 |
TOTAL EXPENDITURE AUD 9,726 ( July 2020 – Dec. 2021)
Rs. 5000/= was spent for each of the 57 students June 2020-Dec 2020.
Rs. 15,000/= was spent for each of the 90 students from Jan 2021 – Dec. 2021.
(The balance from 2020-2021 has been allocated to purchasing computers for a computer class)
We are aiming to spend 20,000 per student in 2022
NB: AUSLMAT accounts including the KKS program is externally audited by Danber Financial Services Pvt. Ltd.
Community Assistance:
In addition to the KKS program, some of the sponsors have kindly contributed to several projects, which have enabled these families to earn a living during difficult times. These include:
- Assistance to establish irrigation systems for farmers
- Establishment of an aloe vera cultivation
- Purchase of sewing machines and fabric
- Medical assistance to children with chronic illness
- Financial assistance for vocational training
- Financial assistance to single parent family without an income
Free classes in IT, Math and English
– Via Zoom, conducted by tutors (University students) from Melbourne
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Itinerary: SRI LANKA Trip August 2022
Itinerary: SRI LANKA Trip August 2022
Day 0: 16th Aug (Tuesday)
4:00 pm depart Melbourne Airport
10:30 pm arrive Katunayake Airport, Sri Lanka
Stay night in Negombo
Day 1: 17th Aug (Wednesday)
Drive to A’Pura (4 hours) en route Pinnawela Elephant Orphanage
Visit Anuradhapura Hospital
Stay the night in A’pura
Day 2: 18th Aug (Thursday)
Visit Rajarata Uni AM Drive to Jaffna
Stay in Jaffna
Day 3: 19th Aug (Friday)
Visit Jaffna hospital / sight seeing
Stay in Jaffna
Day 4: 20th Aug (Saturday)
Drive back to A’pura
Sight seeing
Stay at …………
Day 5: 21st Aug (Sunday)
Sigiriya / Dambulla rock temple
Minneriya elephant park or sight seeing
Stay in Pollonnaruwa
Day 6: 22nd Aug (Monday)
Drive to Dehiattakandiya (1 hour from Polonnaruwa)
DK hospital visit
Clinic in DK
Stay the night in DK
Day 7: 23rd Aug (Tuesday)
Drive to Kandy ( 3 hours)
Visit Digana hospital en route
? Peradeniya Teaching Hospital
Pera botanical gardens / Kandy town / Stay in Kandy
Day 8: 24th Aug (Wednesday)
Ella train ride (Ella Odyssey) from Kandy to Ella
Ella sight seeing Ravana falls / Ravana caves / Little Adam’s peak Stay in Ella 98 Acres
Day 9: 25th Aug (Thursday)
Ella sight seeing
Drive to Tissa (2 and a half hours) ? can drive through Yala
Stay in Tissa
Day 10: 26th Aug (Friday)
Clinic in Tissa
Meet KKS kids
Stay in Tissa
Day 11: 27th Aug (Saturday)
Drive to Karapitiya
Karapitiya hospital (PM)
– Visit Galle Forte, Stay in Galle
Day 12: 28th Aug (Sunday)
Karapitiya hospital (AM)
Drive to Udawalawe (1 and a half hours)
Udawalawe National Park safari
Stay night in Udawalawe
Visit Digana hospital en route
? Peradeniya Teaching Hospital
Day 13: 29th Aug (Monday)
Drive to Colombo
En route attractions: Padukka hospital (where the freezer was donated) and Pilapitiya Ayurveda Hospital
Stay in Colombo
Day 14: 30th Aug (Tuesday)
Spend in Colombo , visit Ministry of Health
– Port City, Old Dutch Hospital
– Fly back to Melbourne, arriving in Melbourne at 2.30pm on the 31st
PLEASE NOTE: due to the pandemic situation, all travel and missions to Sri Lanka are on hold.
The next Medical Mission will likely cover the following locations:
Galle · Yala · Batticaloa / Pasikudah · Dambulla · Colombo
Given the joys and successes experienced by all in past trips, we will open our arms to new attendees. We will be in need of diabetes educators (student-level welcomed), ophthalmologists and optometrists.
All are welcome to inquire as we also need medical generalists and specialists, allied health professionals, non-medical support and translator/interpreters.
Our work will include:
- Ongoing medical education at tertiary medical centres and regional hospitals in Southern and Central Sri Lanka
- Resource provision (spectacles, hospital supplies, medication) in regional health services
- Diabetes education and screening
- Visits to community health centres, schools and orphanages
If you have skills or experience in delivering healthcare, a connection to Sri Lanka or are just keen to get involved in our work, please contact us at admin@auslmat.com.au.
Please note that volunteers pay their own expenses (airfares, local transport, accommodation and food).
