Lotus Caring Hands takes immense pride in sharing the news about their Poultry Livestock project. This pilot project was conducted in Barathypuram, Kilinochi. It is a Livelihood project that will support a family of 5 members whose breadwinner was incapacitated due to the failure of both his kidneys.

The recipients were the first on the list of applications out of 20, received by LCH via NAHRO. NAHRO is an NGO based in Kilinochi, with whom LCH works very closely in SriLanka. NAHRO helps LCH to recognise deserving beneficiaries in the given local area that have been chosen for the project.

The Trustees of LCH further ensure all due diligence checks are conducted thoroughly before choosing the donor.

The purpose of the Poultry Livestock project was to create an income generation for the chosen family who had no means of financial support.

LCH aims to provide a security to such destitute families hoping to alleviate poverty. This project will also enhance the skills of small farmers without having to go through the process of borrowing loans from financial institutions.

This pilot project was funded by two generous donors namely Mrs Yasothambigai Thirukumar and Mr Vibushan Thirukumar. They were both immensely satisfied in using LCH as their channel to support deserving cases.

The trustees of LCH always ensure that they fulfil their legal obligations by monitoring any project very closely by visiting the sites personally whenever possible. The purpose of such visits is to ensure that any risks of the project are addressed in addition to verifying that the funds are used in an appropriate manner for the intended purpose by the recipient.

As part of this monitoring stage Mr K Thavaraj, trustee of LCH, visited the project in March this year and was pleased to see the way the funds were being used by the beneficiaries. There are various measures in place to monitor and evaluate the progress of the pilot poultry project over the next quarter.

LCH looks forward to supporting similar projects and welcome you to come forward and sponsor less fortunate deserving families. Please register your name if you are interested. Don’t miss out in helping the needy – your small contribution could change their lives.

Donated Braille machines to ‘Vaazhvaham’ Home for Visually Handicapped

Kaiveli Government Tamil School, Puthukkudiyiruppu Ultra High Density 36 Method Home Garden Project

Lotus Caring Hands takes immense pride in supporting this unique practise in the Kaiveli Co-education Government Tamil School project. The town Kaiveli, is based in the North East of Srilanka and has been a poverty stricken area. The situation was made aggravated when this place was hit by the Tsunami in 2004. The socially and economically deprived communities based in this village were faced with the biggest dilemma of feeding their children. Most children are sent to school with the hope of getting some form of meal which they do if they qualify within the age criteria set by the Government. However, there have been two age groups who were even deprived of this basic facility.

The school has a large number of students reporting to it but sadly many of them only come their seeking food for their hunger. They are the future generation of this area and we wanted to give them a sound foundation. Thus, the Home Garden project was introduced at the Kaiveli Government school to feed the children and elevate their families from their present state of hardship which also has numerous other benefits.

The project High Density 36 Method is a farmer friendly, eco friendly methodology that lays the foundation for a cost effective system that provides a stable income for these deprived households. This project is unique in its own way though a subset of HGs in Sri Lanka and requires absolutely no monetary investment for purchase of key inputs like seeds, fertilizers and plant protection chemicals.

The project aims to introduce the concept of sustainable agriculture practices and traditional agriculture methods through provision of training and practical experience to the School Community.

Agricultural sustainability is a complex idea with many facets, ensuring the profitability of the business that contributes to a robust economy by being cost effective, the social balance of dealing fairly with the surrounding community and the environmental. It focuses on management of the natural systems and resources that farms rely on. This project depends only on locally available bio-degradable resources, such as cow dung, urine, plant, leaf materials, rice, straw etc, for soil fertility improvement. UHD 36 HG represent of perennial mixed cropping comprising a variety of tree crops with multiple uses.

Other benefits rendered by this project are

• Contribution to sustainable diets and livelihoods.
• Building and maintaining healthy soil for cultivation
• Managing water wisely
• Minimizing air, water, and climate pollution
• Promoting globally important biodiversity
• There is no requirement for chemical pesticides and fertilizers that damage soil water, air, and climate.
• Mixed Cropping and crop Rotation-Planting a variety of crops can have many benefits, including healthier soil and improved pest control. Crop diversity practices include intercropping (growing a mix of crops in the same area) and complex multi-year crop rotations.

A students are trained once in 12 months during the harvest season by providing them with planting materials for them to indulge in their own cultivation programmes. The system has many salient features one of which is the reliance only on native breed cattle which is an integral part of families from rural areas.

The project activities are monitored and evaluated. The best practitioners will be trained as leader trainers to re-train other respective villagers. The concept of farmers to farmer technology transfer will be established as a concept in this project by making the farmer self-reliant economically.

Lotus caring hands takes immense pride in facilitating this project which has now entered the second phase since inception. The programme has been in par with the plan.

Supporting Documents
Report 1
Report 2

Restoring Livelihood Support

Project Location: Ramanathapuram.(Karachchi division)

Project Duration: 01.01.2018-30.06.2018

Target population (direct and indirect beneficiaries): Person with Disabilities

If the project is already existing, interim &/or evaluation reports available – (specify Website URL or send jointly with this Initial Funding Request):

Before they were displaced mainly engaged in farming and had lucrative income and he was managed with all facilities in hand and also engaged in Cattle and Goat rearing’s. They were fully uprooted from the social and economic roots while they were displaced and their return unable to initiate their livelihoods.

Project Details:

The project aim is to empower a person with Disabilities with family members of war victims, through the provision of Cattle Rearing related livelihoods that would contribute to food security and increased income of the family and relieving them from further risk.

a. Improved access to livelihoods/employment opportunities for survive as determined by the beneficiary

b. Improved income of family income and standard of living

c. Building capacities strengthening persons with disabilities to ensure sustainability and independence.

Supporting Documents

Report 1
Report 2

Braille machine to Iniya Valvu Illam – Thevipuram, Puthukkudiyiruppu, Mullaitivu

A well-wisher Mrs Yaso Thirukumar donated her 60th birthday gifts to Lotus Caring Hands in support of Iniya Valvu Illam. The funding was channelled to deliver three braille machines to the home.

Visit to the home in summer 2018, our trustee identified their requirement for additional braille machines. Our trustee Mr S Jehan discussed this with the prospective donor and Mrs Thirukumar was very keen to support it and instructed all her friends and families to make gift to support this project. With a help of Gift aid the donation soon sized to afford for three braille machines.

The machines were taken by her son Mr Vibushan Thirukumar from UK to the home on their own expense and handed to the manager of the home Mr Sabaratnam Thiruchselvam.

It is great example how an individual could help to make a difference to those needed.

LCH opened the fourth VTC in Muhamalai in association with the ‘National Association for Humanitarian Rehabilitation Operation’ (NAHRO NGO)

Supporting Documents
Report 1
Report 2