One of the major concerns in UCF’s mission to improve the lives and well-being of the Sri Lankan people is its humanitarian relief projects. These projects include emergency relief to provide much-needed supplies in disaster-stricken areas, distribution of mosquito nets to protect against the threats of malaria and dengue, and work among victims from the decades-long civil war, which ended in 2009.
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Obligations of business it will frequently have to be repudiated.
Obligations of business it will frequently have to repudiated.
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A 75 year old lady with no income and living on the support of some neighbours. Finding her day to day food is a hard task for her and receiving these food items was a great blessing for her especially during this difficult time. The UCF is always committed to helping the poor especially in rural villages because Jesus has instructed us to do so and promised great blessings on those who have a heart for the needy. Please pray for these two ladies who are non-Christians asking for the grace and mercy of God to be upon them so that they will be able to obtain their basic needs to carry on their day to day life without hardship.
Siriyalatha, married with two children, living in a temporary house in Dambulla. Her husband is a laborer who doesn’t have a regular income. The family has suffered a lot due to the covid 19. They also attend the Bethel Center for services regularly. The rice and other food items they received was a huge blessing to them as they testified. Please also uphold this family in your prayers.
Anulawathi is 66 years old, a grandmother and living alone. She is finding it very hard to manage her day to living with no income. She is also living close to the area where there are wild elephants that destroy cultivations and houses. She is also suffering from various illnesses and cannot afford her medications. She was very happy to receive the food items which will definitely help her to satisfy her need for food for some days and also share with her grandchildren.
SATURDAY 19TH – NEBODA
Neboda has a community of labourers working on the rubber plantations. Many of these families are going through much hardship to carry on their day to day living as due to the pandemic situation they are not getting work and have no income.
Some of these families are believers who attend our Bethel Fellowship Center.
On the 19th instant, Rev. Ranjan Fernando conducted a relief program where parcels of food items containing rice, dhal, sugar, tea bags, liquid milk and biscuits were distributed amongst needy families within the church and in the surrounding areas. This is very helpful for these families especially because they have small children and cannot afford the basic food items for their day-to-day living.
School supplies of bags and stationery were also given to the children to encourage them to attend school.
Please remember the ministry in Neboda in your prayers, the pastor, his wife and 2 small children. Also, the lady co-worker here. Please pray that God will provide the needed resources for their monthly allowances, medical and utility bills. This is a long standing ongoing ministry.
SUNDAY 20TH - MORATUWA
There are many families who are believers in the fishing community of Moratuwa who attend our Church. These families are finding it very difficult to feed their children due to the lack of a regular income being affected by the pandemic situation. Some of them have also contracted the covid 19 disease.
After the service parcels of food items containing rice, dhal, sugar, tea bags, liquid milk and biscuits were distributed amongst these believer families as well as others living in the fishing community.
School supplies of bags and stationery were also given to the children to encourage them to attend school.
We are grateful for the support of our prayer partners without which we would not have been able to continue this work and keep this ministry ongoing.
Please pray for the needs of the 3 co-workers here that they will be able to overcome the obstacles of monthly allowances, medical and utility bills.
My name is Wasanthi Kumari. I am 35 years old and I have grown up children. My husband is a laborer. We don’t have a permanent income as we don’t have much work. We are struggling with our life to find day to day living. Thank you so much for the parcel of rice and water bottles. In our village many suffer with kidney troubles. We need clean water and we thank you for this clean water bottle. We appreciate all your services to our village!
I am Bandara Manike, 60 years old and am a widow. I do not have children and there is no one to look after me. I do labor work and most days I don’t have work. The food and water you provide is a very helpful and I appreciate very much so that I could have something to eat!
Nilantha is 50 years old and living in this village with his wife and 2 children. Rev. Fernando met him just after the relief program and was saddened to hear his story which he related with tears in his eyes! Both his kidneys are damaged due to the issues with the water in this area according to the medical authorities. Every 3 days he has to go to the hospital to undergo dialysis. He has no permanent income and also finds it difficult to carry on his job as a labourer due to his illness which makes his body weak. We provided him also with dry rations and water which he was very happy to receive. He fears the inability to feed his family. He has been told that he will not live long and that too is giving him much mental stress as he wonders how his family will manage for food. He is in need of prayer and support for his medical necessities as well and we wait upon the Lord for the needed resources which would enable us to help him to overcome his difficulties.
Kusumalatha is 66 years old and living a lonely life. Her husband has passed away and the children are living separately with no concern for her needs. Rev. Ranjan Fernando meets her time to time on visits to Kandalama for prayer. She is a believer and is connected to the Bethel Fellowship Center in Dambulla. She is greatly in need our prayers and support for her basic needs like food and medication for her various illnesses. We trust that God will provide the needed resources so we could help her overcome her difficulties.
Gnanawathi is 64 years old and living alone in the village of Wewala. Her husband left her some time ago. She has no proper income and finds it hard to carry on her day to day living. On most days, neighbours provide her with food. After the open-air service Rev. Fernando visited her as she is a new comer to our church in Dambulla. He was touched to hear of her sad situation. The house is surrounded by poisonous snakes including cobras. Also wild elephants in the area create hardship for the villagers. In this situation she has to walk far to use someone’s toilet which is not safe. The UCF is desirous of constructing a basic toilet for her use hence was able to start this project.
Rev. Ranjan Fernando visited Kandy on the 9th of January for a meeting with Bishop emeritus Shantha Francis of the Kurunegala diocese, Church of Ceylon to discuss some UCF ministry matters. On Monday 10th Rev. Fernando visited Pussallawa to participate in a relief program where many families going through hardship were provided with dry ration packs. These families are living under very difficult circumstances having been affected by the pandemic. Most of them are laborers on the tea plantations and are very low wage earners. Due to the high cost of living there is a shortage of food and the families who received this food relief were very grateful to the UCF for this service. We have been working in Pussallawa area for the past few years and have held services and provided relief to needy families from time to time. Please pray that God will provide the needed resources enabling the UCF to continue these projects demonstrating Christian compassion for the needy amongst us.
Dingiri Amma is 74 years and a grandmother to many. Her husband is just lying at home since is he having many illnesses. They have no proper place to live – living in someone else’s hut with no proper roof. She is also have some illnesses and needs medicines which she cannot afford to buy. Mostly, they are in need of food. Their children and families are living far away and are not concerned with the welfare of the parents. She was very happy to receive the bag of rice and the water bottle and at the time told us her pathetic story. She thanked us and requested us visit her more often. However, the UCF visits this village and conducts relief programs time to time. Please pray for this couple that God will provide for their needs.
We are glad to report that on the 28th of February, we were able to distribute parcels of dry rations containing various important food items to 50 needy families from the fishing community in Moratuwa which also includes believers who attend our church. The distribution took place after the Sunday service and all who received this relief were very appreciative of the service and thankful the UCF have considered their plight. In the afternoon of the same day, Rev. Ranjan Fernando visited the UCF center in Neboda and after the Sunday service there, provided 40 families with these parcels of dry rations. This was very helpful for these families as they are daily wage earners working in the rubber plantations surrounding our church and due to the pandemic situation, have no income at all right now. We extend our humble thanks to all our prayer partners who have assisted us to purchase these items, so we can help these needy families. We look forward to your continued support as we need more resources for this purpose.
Ukkuamma is 85 years old, living all alone in a makeshift hut without doors, windows and a proper roof. The roof is temporarily covered with rusted tin sheets, plastic covering, pieces of wood etc. Rev. Fernando met Ukkuamma when he distributed food relief in this village close to where she is living. She was also one of the beneficiaries of the food items and with tears in her eyes expressed her thanks and appreciation for same. She praised God that someone looked at her and saw her struggling to live. Her children and grandchildren are living separately far away from her and not concerned with her well being. On some days people of the village give her meals but not all the time. The most urgent need is a toilet facility as she has no such facility and is using someone else’s toilet when needed. She also does not have electricity and drinking water. Considering the great need of a toilet especially in this her old age, we are thinking of building a simple latrine covered with wood for her, which will cost approx. USD 1000/-. This will be a great blessing for her so she can make use of this facility without having to walk far to use someone else’s one. We pray for God’s grace and blessings upon this aged lady and wait upon the Lord for the needed resources so we can go ahead with this project.
21st February 2021 THE FAMILIES IN WEWALA VILLAGE DAMBULLA AND AN INTERIOR VILLAGE IN POLONNARUWA WERE ONCE AGAIN VISITED BY REV. RANJAN FERNANDO ON THE 21ST OF FEBRUARY. CONSIDERING THAT THE PRICES OF FOOD ITEMS ARE RISING DAY BY DAY, MAKING IT DIFFICULT FOR SOME FAMILIES WHO HAVE BEEN AFFECTED BY THE PANDEMIC ESPECIALLY THE DAILY WAGE EARNERS WHO DO NOT HAVE WORK, THE UCF PURCHASED 100 BAGS OF RICE AND 100 PACKETS OF DHAL TO BE DISTRIBUTED AMONGST NEEDY FAMILIES IN DAMBULLA, POLONNARUWA AND THE FISHING COMMUNITY IN MORATUWA. AFTER THE SUNDAY SERVICE ON THE 21ST MORNING, 50 BAGS OF RICE AND 50 PACKETS OF DHAL WERE DISTRIBUTED IN THE BETHEL FELLOWSHIP CENTER PREMISES IN DAMBULLA. SOME NEIGHBORING NEEDY FAMILIES WERE ALSO PROVIDED WITH THIS RELIEF.
9th & 10th January Rev. Ranjan Fernando having travelled to Dambulla on the 9th, had a brief meeting with the church leaders over there in order to welcome Brother Gurusinghe and his wife who are now working in the Bethel Fellowship Center here. He spent some time in prayer and identifying the needs of the believers. He then proceeded to a village called Bendiwewa in Polonnaruwa on the 9th and met with believers in the UCF community center in this village. Humanitarian food was provided Having stayed the night in Polonnaruwa Rev. Fernando came back to Dambulla on Sunday the 10th and participated in the worship service. He delivered the message quoting from John Chapter 15 v 1-8 regarding bearing fruit. As this was the first service in Dambulla for this year he encouraged the believers to work for the glory of God. Just after the service, 50 families in Dambulla were provided with rice bags and packets of dhal. It was a great time of fellowship with the opportunity for Rev. Fernando to pray for families who are going through challenging times. Please pray for the families in Dambulla, especially the families who are going through much hardship due to the corona virus and are in need of food items and medicine.
The UCF is conducting the FTH Humanitarian Food programme for children of families living in the slum community area of Moratuwa on a regular basis. There are 65 children who are under privileged and under nourished. These children go to school in morning without the morning meal. Sometimes it is very hard for them to even have one meal a day as the parents cannot afford. There are also some children who are orphans. This is the situation of this community. Living in little wooden huts sometimes 5-6 people in one room sleeping on the floor. The UCF has identified these families to provide this food. The Feed the Hunger programme is an encouragement and blessing to these destitute children. We monitor the growth of the children time to time as well. There is one family who helps in cooking the food and some curries to have with it so that it is a bit tastier and the children really enjoy eating this food. Their weight is also improving gradually after having this food. So we thank God for His grace and mercy and are thankful for the Feed the Hunger Programme support for these needy children in Sri Lanka.
Rev. Ranjan Fernando visited Dambulla once again to meet with believers and share the message of God.
He participated in the service in the Bethel Fellowship Center and preached on the subject of faith in God for healing quoting from the book of Acts chapter verses 1-11.
The service was followed by a time of prayer for those going through hardship without basic food and clean drinking water.
Afterwards, a relief program was held where dry ration parcels containing rice, dhal, tea bags, liquid milk and biscuit packets were distributed to the needy within and outside the church.
Based on the teaching of Jesus Christ that we should be concerned for the poor and needy, we are doing our best to provide relief to the communities in need mostly by way of basic food items which is a necessity in rural areas right now.
UCF Dambulla Sunday School Ministry has 30 children. Most of these children are under 12 years and some of their families were victims of covid 19. Please pray for the Lord to provide their needs and also for Lord’s grace and blessings upon Manel who is an elderly person that teaches these children in Dambulla
Nisansala is 18 years old, living in Nirdeshagama. We had the relief program in front of her cadjan hut. Her husband, Deshan, is also 18 years old. He works as a laborer and on many days lives without an income. They like many others in this village, lives very destitute lives and sometimes days goes by without a meal. We have realized this young couple needs our help to purchase some tin sheets to put up a better roof and also some cooking utensils and items to their home. The young family comes from a non-Christian background. USD1000 would be helpful to provide these simple needs for this family. Your prayers and encouragement is highly appreciated.
ON THE EVENING OF THE 30TH, a relief program was held in an interior village Nirdeshagama in Polonnaruwa organized by Nimal and Renuka who are connected to the UCF living here.
It was saddening to hear the stories of these families in this village. From what they related, they are going through much hardship with very low or no income having lost employment due to the pandemic situation. They are finding it very to carry on their day-to-day lives as most of the times they do not even have food to feed their children.
Please pray for these needy people for the grace of God to be upon them and deliver them from their difficulties.
More than 35 families were provided with dry rations and bottles of water which is a great necessity right now at this program.
We thank our prayer partners for the support in this regard and the recipient families were very grateful for these food items which will help them tide over their hunger for a time.
15TH AND 16TH JANUARY 2022
We are happy to report that Rev. Ranjan Fernando visited 2 villages in Dambulla, namely Kandalama and Wewala during a 2 day mission tour on the 15th and 16th. It was a long journey – almost 5 hours by road.
15th January – Kandalama: Rev. Fernando conducted an open air service in the precincts of Punchi Nona’s house which was a great opportunity to meet the believers here.
After the service, water bottles were provided to many families who are going through hardship without access to clean drinking water.
15th January – Wewala:
An open air service was held in front of Samanlatha’s house and Rev. Fernando met all the believers in Wewala. The Word of God was shared quoting Psalm 23 which speaks of the mercy and compassion of God. Here too many families who lack proper drinking water were provided with water bottles.
Kanthi is a grandmother to 4 living in an interior village in Dambulla. She was also one of the recipients of food relief at which she related her difficult circumstances. She is from non-Christian background and now comes to our church in Dambulla. She too is going through much hardship as she does not have the basic needs of food and medicines. The UCF conducts relief programs time to time in Dambulla too to provide the needed food items to families in need. Please pray for Kanthi and also the other families who are going through difficulties in life.
Rev. Fernando proceeded to Polonnaruwa on the 2nd where he met with villagers in Bendiwewa after which he participated in a relief program organized by family Nimala and Renuka in a village named Dakuna Ella. Distribution of bags of rice and water bottles were held. Drinking water is scares in this area and the villagers are suffering from kidney disease due to this. All who received this rice and water were very grateful for this service rendered by the UCF which helps them to get over the hardship they are going through for some time.
His story too is similar to Ukkuamma. He is 75 years old, living all alone close to Ukkuamma’s hut in a makeshift hut without doors, windows and a proper roof. The roof is temporarily covered with rusted tin sheets, plastic covering, pieces of wood etc. He was also one of the beneficiaries of the food items and was very grateful to the UCF for this. He was so glad that someone saw and understands his struggles. His children and His story too is similar to Ukkuamma. He is 75 years old, living all alone close to Ukkuamma’s hut in a makeshift hut without doors, windows and a proper roof. The roof is temporarily covered with rusted tin sheets, plastic covering, pieces of wood etc. He was also one of the beneficiaries of the food items and was very grateful to the UCF for this. He was so glad that someone saw and understands his struggles. His children and Although we are greatly interested in assisting these two aged persons by constructing a small space of a room for them, we lack the necessary funds and will think about that later. Therefore, we will be very grateful if anyone is interested to help these two deserving cases in the evening of their lives. We look forward to the encouragement and support of our prayer partners which will greatly help us in our effort to demonstrate Christian love and compassion for the needy as instructed by our Lord Jesus Christ.
Rev. Ranjan Fernando visited another part of Nirdeshagama village in Polonnaruwa on the 21st of February for the provision of relief food items. The people of this village are living with much hardship having no income at all. Most families are living in makeshift huts of clay, wood or plastic sheet coverings. Although wearing masks is required by law due to the Covid-19 pandemic, most villagers are not wearing masks because they cannot afford to buy them.
17th January The UCF is happy to report that 50 families were provided with bags of rice and packets of dhal in the Bethel Fellowship Center in Moratuwa. This was distributed amongst needy families whose children belong to our nursery school and also to other families living in the slum community of Moratuwa.
Rev. Fernando visited Ibbagammuwa, Dambulla, Madatugama and Minneriya on a special mission tour on the 6th of April 2018 together with Rev. Rohana Rajapakse. He had the opportunity of meeting with all believers over there sharing the Word of God and conducting a brief service. Rev. Rajapakse and Rev. Fernando also distributed school supplies among the under privileged children of these villages after the service. During this visit humanitarian food boxes were also distributed in the above mentioned villages where the UCF Ministries are located. Please pray for the believers of Minneriya which is an interior, scattered village who are struggling to carry on their lives as they lack basic necessities.
The UCF has been generously providing since the last few years humanitarian food to the Boys Home run by St. John the Baptist Church in Kegalle. According to Rev. Fr Sugathadasa it is a great encouragement and blessing. They are using this food very often in their home. Rev. Ranjan Fernando on the way of his visit to Pussallawa visited Kegalle on the 10th of June and handed over some food boxes to be used in this home. The UCF handed over boxes of this humanitarian food to Rev. Perananthan Parish Priest of the Trinity Church in Pussallawa to be distributed amongst the Sunday School children. The warden and the parish priest greatly appreciated this great service rendered by the UCF on behalf of the underprivileged children in this village
Rev. Fernando visited Ibbagammuwa, Dambulla, Madatugama and Minneriya on a special mission tour on the 6th of April 2018 together with Rev. Rohana Rajapakse. He had the opportunity of meeting with all believers over there sharing the Word of God and conducting a brief service. Rev. Rajapakse and Rev. Fernando also distributed school supplies among the under privileged children of these villages after the service. During this visit humanitarian food boxes were also distributed in the above mentioned villages where the UCF Ministries are located. Please pray for the believers of Minneriya which is an interior, scattered village who are struggling to carry on their lives as they lack basic necessities.
We are pleased to report that we completed the flood relief programme on the 1st of June for those affected by the recent floods and landslide in Moratuwa and Neboda areas. The programme was carried out in our Fellowship Centers in Moratuwa and Neboda. We distributed boxes of dry rations containing 16 food items, including coconuts to 100 families who were affected. In the Moratuwa slum community where many people are living in huts, the roofs of their houses were blown off. Some of the children of these families attend our nursery school while some attend our church services at Bethel Fellowship Center Moratuwa. In Neboda many families lost their belongings to the flood, while we were unable to hold church services there for two Sundays due to the rising water levels. In Neboda, there were many non Christians too who benefitted from the relief programme. Our field staff selected these families after having visited them and assessed their needs. These families are very thankful to the UCF for this kind gesture in their time of need. We are grateful and humbly thank all our prayer partners for your support and encouragement at this time of need.
In consequence to the severe floods and landslide disaster which occurred on the 25th of May 2017, the UCFSL took the initiative of granting emergency flood relief assistance to the church community and other communities residing in and around the UCF fellowship center at Neboda which got devastated due to the intensity of the floods causing severe damage to the church building as well. Both the church community and the other communities in and around Neboda suffered heavy losses and damages resulting in loss of lives and many thousands were displaced as a result. The UCFSL distributed dry rations comprising of about 16 items to many families who were badly affected in the area. This program was held at the UCF church premises in Neboda. The Officer in Charge of the Tebuwana Police Station (covering Neboda area) on instruction of the Senior Superintendent of Police Kalutara District and also the village Headman of Neboda area were present. It was a great blessing to the victims who received the boxes of dry rations and they highly appreciated this magnanimous gesture of goodwill afforded to them and this program was a great success. Apart from this we provided flood relief assistance to the church community and other communities in and around Badureliya area with the help of Pastor Sumith, in charge of the Christian Fellowship Center there. It was a great blessing to these families who were struck by this disaster. We are thankful to all our prayer partners for their continuous generosity which enabled us to grant assistance to those affected families.
The UCFSL provided emergency flood relief dry ration food boxes containing 13 items to nearly 150 families in Hanwella area on the 1st of June 2016. This was organized by Nalinda who is living in Pahangama village in Hanwella and families were gathered at a safer place for distributon. Many thousands of families were severely affected by the disastrous weather prevailing in the country. Torrential rain and flooding altogether with mudslides buried villages and its people. Many people were stranded and families are scattered. The nation as a whole was affected by this natural disaster. At this juncture, we were able to provide 150 boxes of dry ration food items to the affected families in Pahangama village in Hanwella. This was one of the emergency programmes we were able to conduct, however limited, due to our capacity and availability of resources. We would like to thank our friends and prayer partners for your generous contribution to help some of the flood affected victims. Moreover, you are welcome to further contribute towards our efforts in this programme, which will be a helping hand in providing more victims with blankets, towels, sanitary items, school materials to children, etc which have become urgent needs right now.
Food parcels to families living in a slum community area in Narahenpita was provided by the UCF through Mr. Srinath Perera, the UCF Legal Advisor. The families living in this community are in great need and leads very destitute lives. Hence we believe these dry ration parcels will provide them some relief. This act of kindness was directed to show love and compassion as demonstrated by our Lord Jesus Christ. The Lord has always kept and will keep His promise to the poor and needy. We thank God for His provisions. Because of your prayers and support we are able to continue to help the needy. “I will bless her with abundant provisions; her poor will I satisfy with food” Psalms 132:15 "
The UCF has provided urgent relief assistance to the families in the fishing community in the coastal area in Moratuwa. These families are an isolated segment in the society. They live in the slum and sometimes are not able to have a single meal for a day. There are 65 families who are living in this area and we provided bags of dry rations to these families where they can feed themselves.
“Oh God, you provided for the poor” Psalms 68:10.
We thank God for keeping His promise.
UCFSL was actively involved in providing relief to the flood victims in the Dambulla and Anuradhapura areas where many thousands were displaced to show our love and compassion. The relief programme was held in the UCF Community Center in Dambulla and in the village of Kalaththawe in Anuradhapura in January. UCFSL provided a pack of dry rations containing 8 items to 100 badly affected families who had been identified for the programme. They included believers and non-believers. The event was organized by our co-worker in Dambulla.
Many thousands of laborers work and live on the hilly mountainous tea plantations of Sri Lanka. These are very low income families; some even with almost no income at all. The area of Koslanda experienced continuous rain commencing the last week in October. On the 29th October 2014, tragedy struck the hilly slopes of Koslanda and a massive landslide occurred, burying a large number of houses situated along the slopes of the mountain. It was reported that more than 300 people lost their lives, with entire families engulfed by the mountain of wet sand that covered them. Those who escaped the landslide were camped in community halls and in other school halls close to the affected area. Many children, who were attending school at the time, lost both parents and were orphaned. This sad event was reported both day and night by the local media with requests for material assistance to those who had survived. This is a rare occurrence; a landslide of this scale has not been experienced previously in Sri Lanka. Therefore, to show our love and compassion at that tragic time, UCF upheld the survivors in prayer and was subsequently able to reach the stricken area, which had been cordoned off for security purposes, later to help by providing 150 families who were living in the camps of Moragolla and Diyanagala in Hali Ela of Badulla District with boxes of dry ration food items and blankets, towels, and soap. UCF conducted the disaster relief programme in both camps amidst heavy rain. UCF still seeks your prayers and contributions in whatever way possible in order to show our love and compassion through action, as demonstrated by our Lord Jesus Christ. ”Call upon me in the day of trouble and I will deliver you and you will honor me” Psalm 50:15
Rev. Fernando recently met with officials at the Disaster Relief Management Office in Koslanda, the village destroyed by a recent landslide on 29 October 2014. UCFSL would like to help the victims, many of whom have lost everything, by providing them with some basic supplies and dry rations. Additionally, they will be needing basic building supplies to rebuild their homes lost in the landslide. UCFSL hopes to help these villagers in this effort in the future. Your donations, big and small, are most appreciated as we seek to demonstrate God's love to the landslide victims.
Many thousands of laborers work and live on the hilly mountainous tea plantations of Sri Lanka. These are very low income families; some even with almost no income at all. The area of Koslanda experienced continuous rain commencing the last week in October. On the 29th October 2014, tragedy struck the hilly slopes of Koslanda and a massive landslide occurred, burying a large number of houses situated along the slopes of the mountain. It was reported that more than 300 people lost their lives, with entire families engulfed by the mountain of wet sand that covered them. Those who escaped the landslide were camped in community halls and in other school halls close to the affected area. Many children, who were attending school at the time, lost both parents and were orphaned. This sad event was reported both day and night by the local media with requests for material assistance to those who had survived. This is a rare occurrence; a landslide of this scale has not been experienced previously in Sri Lanka. Therefore, to show our love and compassion at that tragic time, UCF upheld the survivors in prayer and was subsequently able to reach the stricken area, which had been cordoned off for security purposes, later to help by providing 150 families who were living in the camps of Moragolla and Diyanagala in Hali Ela of Badulla District with boxes of dry ration food items and blankets, towels, and soap. UCF conducted the disaster relief programme in both camps amidst heavy rain. UCF still seeks your prayers and contributions in whatever way possible in order to show our love and compassion through action, as demonstrated by our Lord Jesus Christ. ”Call upon me in the day of trouble and I will deliver you and you will honor me” Psalm 50:15
Rev. Fernando recently met with officials at the Disaster Relief Management Office in Koslanda, the village destroyed by a recent landslide on 29 October 2014. UCFSL would like to help the victims, many of whom have lost everything, by providing them with some basic supplies and dry rations. Additionally, they will be needing basic building supplies to rebuild their homes lost in the landslide. UCFSL hopes to help these villagers in this effort in the future. Your donations, big and small, are most appreciated as we seek to demonstrate God's love to the landslide victims.
Raigama village is situated at Bandaragama in the western part of Sri Lanka. Although a predominantly a non-Christian village, many of our believers live in this village. Due to the heavy rain that had ocurred the area was heavily flooded. A large number of houses in this small area were filled with 6-7 ft. of water and as a result the belongings of most families were destroyed. The people were evacuated and housed temporarily in the local school. UCF provided the believers and others, irrespective of race or religious background, with emergency flood relief, such as dry ration boxes, medicines and mosquito nets. Emergency flood relief was also provided to some believers and others in Badureliya in the western sector of Sri Lanka. This area too was badly affected by floods. Families earn their livelihood by working on the rubber plantations as laborers. They, too, lost their possessions and some deaths were recorded in the western sector as a result of the heavy flooding. “He will respond to the prayer of the destitute; he will not despise their plea” Pslams 102:17
Rev. Fernando recently met with officials at the Disaster Relief Management Office in Koslanda, the village destroyed by a recent landslide on 29 October 2014. UCFSL would like to help the victims, many of whom have lost everything, by providing them with some basic supplies and dry rations. Additionally, they will be needing basic building supplies to rebuild their homes lost in the landslide. UCFSL hopes to help these villagers in this effort in the future. Your donations, big and small, are most appreciated as we seek to demonstrate God's love to the landslide victims.
