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The long waited dream has come true!! The 6th SOS children’s Village, in Jaffna has fulfilled the need for many more children. Situated in 2.5 acres, just 4.5 km from Jaffna at Nallur’s Nayanmarkatta, the new Village has 12 family houses that is a loving home to the 72 children. The official opening ceremony will be in the month of December. But presently the 72 children are quite happy with their loving families in the new village. The ritual ceremony was held on the 23rd of August receiving the blessings of religious activities carried out. It was indeed a very content and a warm sight to witness the ritual activities being carried out and the mothers and the children happily gathering around certain activities carrying pots from here and there. Their gestures shout out the happiness in their hearts and the love & the security which now they know is theirs.
Due to heavy fighting in the war-torn northern part of Sri Lanka in April 2009, hundreds of thousands of people were stranded in huge IDP camps (IDP – internally displaced person), amongst them hundreds of unaccompanied children. SOS Children’s Villages was able to open a temporary care Programme in Zone 4 of the IDP Camp in Chettikulam (near Vavuniya) in August 2009. Since then, SOS Children’s Villages Sri Lanka has cared for some 200 unaccompanied children and youth, 120 of which were reunited with their families. Other children are now happily moved from the temporary care to new homes in SOS Children’s Village in Jaffna and they all belong to their SOS Families, without the fear of losing their warmth and protection…
As you walk in to the Village, the laughter which goes around confirms how happy the children were, the SOS mothers were arranging their new homes for their loving families for the children to come in to their new homes and settle down…
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