Lammers & Van Cleef in Nieuwerkerk aan de IJssel , a packaging company in the Netherlands, pays for shipping, taxes and do the paperwork.

They also provide the packing material and warehouse space.

In Sri Lanka Plastipak Lanka Ltd. where Mr.K Rohan B Wijesinghe the CEO of this company organizes the clearance through the customs, paperwork and transport to Kandy

Shipments a container at the time, are stored until I arrive to distribute the items. My dear friend Gamini Perera who is our main contact and organizer in Sri Lanka, helps. My parents provide me with a plane ticket and I pay for Gamini’s and my expenses while in Sri Lanka.

DONATIONS AFTER TSUNAMI

Thank you to all who have donated so generously.

Many schools helped. The schools that have done a project for Sri Lanka are:

*primary school The Wadden in Haarlem
*day nursery Bolleke in Hillegom and Nieuwkoop
*primary school Prins Willem Alexander school in Nieuwerkerk and de IJssel.
*day nursery ’t Hazeltje in Schalkwijk
*primary school Van Eegen school in Aerdenhout
*primary school De Horst in Rotterdam
*primary school St.Jozef school in Vogelenzang
*primary school De Ark in Heemstede
A special thank you to the St. Jozefschool which did a special morning and raised 777 euro For Sri Lanka. Thank you.

Other shops of companies which donated some items/money are:
*Eneco, in Heemstede
*Jamin in Nieuwerkerk aan de IJssel
*memory gifts. 500 scentimental teddy bears in Zoetermeer.
*chemist van Beem in Heemstede
*Lobbes toys in Ede
*de Stulp in Leidschendam
*jeweller’s shop Velthoven in Heemstede
*chemist Etos in Schalkwijk

The first few years a steady number of helpers helped. After the Tsunami everything changed. We needed lots of volunteers, which were hard to find, but in the end we pulled it off. Volunteers helping in the warehouse sorting, folding and packing were:

Osama, Anja, Osama, Birgit, Paula Derota, Maureen, Kathrijn, Marieke, Gerrie, Marlené, Froukje, Eugenie, Elly, Richard, Ria, Wendy, Hilary, Upa, Anne-mieke, Marijke, Nadia, Jolien, Sylvia, Art,

Last but not least, anyone who helped one way or the other with this project are:

Huub for rewriting articles Ria for phoning many organisations asking for donations :

Elly for providing every one with a lovely lunch: Hilary who came over from England to help: mister Aad the main contact about the transport and warehouse. Judith for all her PR activities. Alison from the English Contact Group for writing some to the point e-mails: Joanna for rewriting and editing my story and Marianne for making this home page.

And of course all those people who have donated