P.E.A.C.E. is a grassroots effort with much of their previous work focused on confronting the commercial sexual exploitation of children. Because they have worked for years in the affected communities (beach squatter settlements) and have established these centers for helping vulnerable children, they are in an excellent position to help respond with aid for the Tsunami victims.

P.E.A.C.E.'s primary goal is to provide education for impoverished children from urban slums and rural squatter settlements. P.E.A.C.E. is based in Sri Lanka, an extremely impoverished country where approximately 60% of the population lives below the poverty line.

Soap
Antibiotics
Cough Syrup
Vitamin C Tablets
Vitamins
Cologne
Betadine Lotion and Ointment
Bandages
Towels
Mats/Sheets (cotton)
Pillows
Water (Drinking)
Clothing for children 8 to 18 years
Women's clothing.

If you want to ship to P.E.A.C.E. - please contact us at PeaceBuilder07@aol.com and we will assist with the shipping costs.

Maureen Seneviratne
P.E.A.C.E.
455 Thimbirigasyaya Road
Colombo 5,
Sri Lanka

27th December 2004
Dear All,
By now the news of the terrible disaster that hit South and South East Asia on Sunday, 26th December 2004 has no doubt reached you all. We can only say that it has been devastating. "Sri Lanka Worst Hit" is the CNN headline.
For P.E.A.C.E. personally, all I can say is that every beach programme from Colombo City to 15 kilometres down the West Coast where we work intensively, is totally affected. Every single one of the squatter settlements were swept away by sea waves at least 10 feet high entering the land. In the North of Colombo the Colombo 13, 14 and 15 areas where we also work, have been battered by sea floods. All the people in the programmes in the South who have not been lost are herded together in school rooms and church halls, in the upper reaches of the suburbs. The mothers, the children, the youth in the P.E.A.C.E. programmes are homeless and hungry. They were poor anyhow. Their clothes and belongings are washed away by the sea-waves.
We are trying to do our best to cope with the hundreds of families and we can do so little to give them relief. All of them are homeless, I mean those who were living in the beach squatter settlements almost on the edge of the sea. Most of them took the first wave.
Thank you for all your efforts and please pray for the people of this tortured country.
Maureen / P.E.A.C.E.

There are 650 boys and girls at the orphanage. The age of the orphans is between 4-15 years. There has been war in Afghanistan for over 25 years. As a result, many children have lost their parents. Many are disabled.

School supplies
Clothing
Toys

Najibullah Sedeqe and Homaira Jalale Aluddin Orphanage
West Kabul Darulaman Street
Kabul, Afghanistan
Tel:070247521

The name "KONDWA" means "BE HAPPY" in Nyanja, one of the local languages widely spoken in Lusaka, the capital of Zambia. And this is the goal of the Centre: to bring happiness into the lives of the orphaned children who live in one of the most deprived areas of Lusaka.

All the orphaned children are traumatized by the death of their parent(s). In addition they are from impoverished homes and most of them are left under the care of grandparents who are too old to make any meaningful living, or aunties/uncles who already have large families of their own to support. The orphans are malnourished and most cannot afford going to school. What is more heart breaking is that some of the orphans are born HIV positive hence open to all sorts of diseases; some have full blown AIDS. In short, these orphaned children have a right to education, medical care, love and attention to their physical, social and spiritual needs, and according to Angela this is what Kondwa Centre strives to provide.

Coloring book
Crayons
Preschool supplies
Clothes for 1-8 year old boys/girls

Kondwa Day Centre for Orphans
P.O. Box 33652
Lusaka, Zambia

Bal Vikas Ashram is a rehabilitation center for children aged 8–14 who have been rescued from slavery. The Ashram organizes raids to free children who have been taken hundreds of miles from their home villages and sold to carpet loom owners. During 2002, the Ashram carried out 10 raids and released 78 children.

The children they rescue are often in a miserable state: they have been forced to weave rugs for 12–15 hours a day, locked in, fed only what it takes to keep them alive and kept in constant fear in order to prevent them from trying to escape.

Chewable children's multi-vitamin tablets: please make sure the tablets include iron, vitamin A and calcium.

A "welcome bag" for children arriving at the Ashram. If sending multiple bags, please ensure they each contain the same items:
1 T-shirt
1 pair pants
1 sweatshrit
1 8"x11" notebook (lined for writing in)
2 pencils
1 pair flipflops
1 bar of soap

The Children at the Ashram are mostly between the ages of 8-14, so please either put in clothing items (as listed above) for a small child (under 11) or an older child (over 11), and please label the bag either "larg" or "small". Children at the Ashram are from many religions so please don't include items with relgious messages.

Bal Vikas Ashram, c/o Diocesan Development and Welfare Society, Jan Hit Sadan, Mirzapur Road, Naini, Allahabad 211008, Uttar Pradesh, India

Mongolia is a huge, landlocked country between Russia, China and Kazakhstan, with a population of two and a half million people. For seventy years, until 1990, it was a Soviet satellite state, one of the most closed countries in the world. Unemployment in Mongolia continues to be exceedingly high, and many families find it difficult to meet their basic needs. The average Mongolian family lives on an income of just $50.00 - $60.00 US dollars per month. A large number of children are living on the streets, child labour is a prevalent issue and child prostitution continues to exist in the capital city, Ulaanbaatar.

The Lotus Children's Centre houses 115 children. Our youngest child is one month old, and our oldest, is a young adult at 20. Some of our children are orphans, whose parents have died and who have no other family to care for them. Others have parents who are not able to care for them. There are various reasons for this aboandonment including illness and severe poverty.

Medical/hygienic: Children's vitamins (multi's), lice shampoo, antiseptic cream and bandages, sanitary napkins, toothbrushes

Food: dried fruits and beans, peanut butter or other protein spread, NAN baby formula, Nuts and dried vegetables.

School: good quality coloured paper is still difficult to find in Mongolia, pens, markers, various art supplies

Didi A. Kalika
P O Box 1018
Central Post Office
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
www.lotuschild.org
email: lotuschild@magicnet.mn

In Sierra Leone, the ten (10) years bloody civil war has left thousands of children orphaned, abandoned, handicapped, unaccompanied, displaced or in refugees. Many of these children are on the streets victims of various forms of abuse to earn their living.

During the war, many of these children were adopted and giving drugs and used as child soldiers. The war is now over but suffering continues for these children and special preference to girls. Most of our children are not going to school.

They are living in poor health conditions because of lack of adequate food, no good clothing and poor shelter. Their parents or guardians cannot afford the amount of money needed to pay school fees. They are either unemployed or too old to work.

Shoes
Socks
Sweaters
School Bags
School Supplies

Alpha Bangura
12 F City Road
Wellington, Freetown
Sierra Leone
e-mail: Christianmission@yahoo.co.uk

This orphanage is located just outside of Ust-Kamenogorsk in a micro region called Kashetey. The children living at the House of Hope range from 3 to 13 years old. Their situation is similar to that of those living in other orphanages in Kazakhstan. They were either abandoned or mistreated by their families.

The House of Hope differs from the other orphanage we work with because the director of this orphanage is trying to keep the kids throughout their childhood. This way they will not be required to move around to different orphanages.

Toys that do not require batteries or electricity are optimal.

Clothing that is in good shape is greatly appreciated too!

Educational materials can get a little tricky though. Remember that the kids at these orphanages speak Russian and Kazakh so not all educational materials are appropriate. Things like counting games and animal picture cards are great. However, English language learning materials will only be useful at the House of Hope.

Detskiy Dom - "Umit"
PROJECT SMILE / Attn: Jenny
Ulitsa Entusiastov, Dom 39
Ust-Kamenogorsk
492000 Kazakhstan