A Christmas “thank you” to our generous friends.

Wow – what a year 2020 has been! So many new and unexpected situations to face but in the midst of all that people had to endure, we saw enormous generosity shine through to make a huge difference.

Thanks to the generosity of businesses including First Option Healthcare UK, and supporters of Paalam Project including the Stokely Family, we were able to pay all of our Paalam school staff in both the Wattala and Jaffna schools, our Paalam Children’s Home  staff  and  our  Paalam Project staff right through the pandemic. We are normally reliant on the school fees to pay our staff, so with no school running because of Covid and no school fees coming in there was no way we could have paid them.
A HUGE THANK YOU.

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