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Supporting Cancer Awareness Programs.

An event organized by Family Planning Association Srilanka in collaboration with various organizations. The exhibit on breast cancer awareness was Conducted by Cancer Day Care Nurses of Jaffna Teaching Hospital supported by IMHO USA. Sept. 2024.

IMHO USA has donated a Holter monitor with analyzer and an ambulatory BP apparatus

IMHO USA has donated a Holter monitor with analyzer and an ambulatory BP apparatus costing $13000. to the Cardiology Department of Jaffna Teaching Hospital. Pictured are Dr. Guruparan Cardiologist, Dr. Sri Bavanandarajah Acting Director JTH and Mr. Krishnakumar of IMHO Lanka. Feb. 26th 2021

The Penney Family and Team Solihull Want To Raise Funds For Over 1000 Cataract Surgeries

Calling all friends and supporters of IMHO USA and Assist RR UK

We are raising funds to save the sight of more than 1000 of Sri Lanka’s poorest people and we would be very grateful for your support.

People who are destined to become irreversibly blind in one or both eyes without the cataract surgeries they themselves have no hope of affording or accessing.

Cataract surgeries for $40

Goal of $ 20,000

Diabetic Center, Jaffna and Batticaloa Teaching Hospital

The first Diabetic Center to be established in Sri Lanka
Diabetic Center was opened at the Jaffna Teaching Hospital (JTH) in 2009 and located in Jaffna District in the Northern Province: IMHO renovated this unit, purchased needed equipment, paid lab tests and staff salaries
From 2015-2019: 27,741 patients were treated by this center…

Expected to treat 3,000 new patients/year

Renal Dialysis Service

Purchased three Renal Dialysis machines (cost of $24,456) to provide dialysis at the Chavakachcheri, Thellipalai and Point Pedro Base Hospitals, all in the Northern Province
Currently approximately 6 dialysis performed/day at these three hospitals
IMHO ensure filters for the dialysis units at the Jaffna Teaching Hospital- currently this unit perform 26 Dialysis per day…

Currently this unit perform 26 Dialysis per day

Educational Projects: Kilinochchi Education Development Trust (KEDT)

Support two Science Education Centers – Teaching 543 students in Science, Math & English in the Killinochchi District, Northern Province

○Viswamadu Science Center was built & supported since 2015 ○Murrippu Center built and supported since 2017

Supports Computer Center at Bharathipuram Education Center since 2019
In addition to education, IMHO also supports Oral Health Program for school children in Killinochchi District in Northern Province carried out by KEDT.

Teaching 543 students

Interventional Cardiology Unit, Jaffna Teaching Hospital

High Dependency Cardiac Unit Established in 2008
Cardiac Catherization Lab was established in 2010, at Jaffna Teaching Hospital in the Northern Province
From 2012-2019: 25,594 patients were admitted to Cardiology Ward and 5,091 to Critical Care Unit.
From July 2011 to August 2020, patients were treated for:…

Trauma/Suicide Prevention Program & Trauma Registry

Awareness program to prevent road-accident starting 2019 – out reach to general public, school children, and auto drivers
IMHO fund development of Software and 5 laptop computers for Data collection and analysis of road-accidents, trauma injury and suicides.
Currently, data are collection at the Hospitals at Jaffna, Thellipallai, Point Pedro, Chavakachcheri, Kilinochchi and Vavuniya from the Northern Province

Supports staff salaries - $733/month

Batticaloa Child Psychiatric Center

Child center for all the Pediatric patients at Batticaloa Teaching Hospital in the Eastern Province – cost Rs 19,78,772 (US $10,754)
Child psychiatric center treats 10 in-patient and 20 out-patient/ month
Treat children with Thalassemia from Eastern District

Cost Rs 19,78,772 (US $10,754)

In-Patient Mental Health Units

Kalmunai Base hospital: IMHO in partnership with WHO built this unit in 2005 – currently treat 100+ in-patient and 800 out-patient per month
Vavuniya District General Hospital: Built in 2008 and currently treats 458 in-patient with 166 ECT sessions (in 2019)
Negambo Base Hospital: Support renovation in 2010 and now treats 70 in-patient/month

Currently treat 100+ in-patient and 800 out-patient

Mathavam: A center for Neuro-Developmental Disorders

Established this center in 2014
Treated 311 special-needs children
Currently provide active therapy for 45 children
Follow-up treatment to 139 children
This center is currently taken over by the Health Department buy IMHO fund salaries to 2 Therapists and 1 cleaning staff at the cost of $388/month

Staff at the cost of $388/month

Mullaitivu District General Hospital

Supports Infertility Treatment Program – 20 patients/month (cost of $4700)
Materials for the Obstetric wards (cost of $1,819)
Donated a Ultrasound Scanner (cost of $30,000)
Support repair of the roof
Located in the Northern Province

Dental Clinic for Poor School Children

Space identified and dental equipment are available
Renovation of the building cost $ 3,000
Dental Therapist will be in charge at this facility – but will work with nearby hospital dentist
Benefits children from 51 schools in Maskeliya area in the Up-Country Eastern Province

Uyirilai – Center for Spinal Cord Injury

Working with center since 2012
Purchased 30 Three-wheelers for paraplegic
Built 30 special-need Toilets, 3 more pending, 3 wells for special-needs
Support Mobile clinics at this center for paraplegic
Built Medication room for paraplegic residence at this center in Mankulam, Northern Province
Support weekly visit by a nurse to this center $135/month

Jaffna Jaipur Center

Provide mobility devices, wheel chairs, artificial limbs, physiotherapy, etc.
Educational grants for children with physical disability
Public Outreach Programs at the cost of $15,000/year
Last year IMHO provided funds to support more than 500 disable patients

English Teacher Training Program

ABOE Program: Grade 1-2 teachers – 400 are trained
Reading Bee program to promote reading to grades 3, 4 & 5. This project is in part supported by Gnanam Foundation: Foundation committed $31,000 to date
Ongoing training for 200 Secondary School Teachers to teach Grade 6 to GCE O/L (Grade 10) students in Northern Province and Up-Country
Initial allocation – $20,000

National College of Education

Located in the Northern Province.
Expected to train 392 student teachers
Request to purchase of 30 laptops, Wi-Fi connection and digital storage Units
Total Budget – $13,239

Iniya Vazhvu Illam – Home for disabled children

Supports 56 vision or hearing impaired children, age between 5 to 22 years
This center located in Puthukkuddiyirupu, Mullativy District, Northern Province and is in operation since 1997
Requested computer, braille machine, steel cupboard and iron safe at the total cost of $3,097
IMHO fund all instruments except the braille machines

Community Empowerment: Re-Building Kancharamoddai

Border village in Nedunkerni District in Northern Province
Support resettlement of 32 – 39 displaced families returning from Refugee camp
Built 27 toilets and water pump
At the process support connecting electricity to this village

Mobile Medical Clinics

Enable health services to Pansenai, Koolavaddy Primary Care Centers built in 2006
These centers are renovated through the Regional Director of Health Services, Batticaloa District in the Eastern Province
Currently supporting medical clinics in Pansenai, Koolavaddy, Pulipanchakal and Vahaneri Villages at the cost of $ 766/month

Establishment of Dental Clinic at Pulipanchakal

Scheduled to open in October 2020
Clinic Renovation of this dental clinic – $750
Dental Chair cost Rs 542,500 ($2,948)

Kalmunai Base Hospital

Staff Salary for the Diabetic Center (cost of $271/month)
Renovation of the indoor and outdoor Play Area for children (cost of $ 3,000)

Women Cooperative Empowerment Network

In May 2019. IMHO provided $ 1,770 to purchase equipment for empowerment of women in this network
Located in the Up-Country

New Arrow Center -An Empowerment Project

The center received one acre land to build facility to house a weaving mill that is expected to employ 150 women
Each women is expected to earn Rs 1000/day
Located in the Northern Province

Pre-School Education

Support training 187 teachers from Northern Province and 50 teachers from Up-Country
Renovated 9 schools and built 1 school at the Up-Country ○Completed two schools and other schools are pending
Approximately 2,000 school children will be supported
Estimated budget – $40,000/year

Caring Hands Project

Assisting 230 children, mostly orphan girls living with grandparents or single parents in the Northern Province.
The project support children education costing $150 to support a child per year
Total cost of $30,000/year

Clean Water Project at Pallachchenai

Building two 2,000 liter water tanks
Support maintenance of these tanks
The project expected to cost Rs 65,000 ($360)
Located in the rural area in the Northern Province

Higher Education Scholarship to Under-Privileged Students

Awarded scholarship for 133 students (Rs. 2,500/month) to cover undergraduate tuition plus travel allowances
Project sponsored by Nadarajah Foundation
Total cost of this program – $21,847
Additional awards also to 15 volunteer teachers (Rs.15,000/month)
Total cost of the project is $ 14,673/year

Reading Groups for Children Age between 6 - 16

To date created 48 groups
Program support 912 children
Need funds to purchase books and materials for reading assessment
Support children in the Northern Province and Up-Country

Improve Educational Infrastructure - Smart Board

Improve schools in the Up-Country
Project partnered with Ratnam Foundation, UK
Smart Board ($ 790/each) donated to Fairlawn (TMV) School and Gartmore (TMV) Secondary school
In the process of donating to 3 more schools

Secondary Education to under-privileged students in Up-Country

Salary and travelling allowance for 5 volunteer teachers
English Enrichment Program. To date, produced 10% increase in O/L English pass rate – cost $ 1,700/year
Education assessment for 24,000 children in Hatton (Total cost $ 2,700/year)

Women Empowerment Program: Women Saving Group

Created saving groups in 2016 for women in the Up-Country
To-date 881 women members have created 60 groups
They have saved Rs 6,009,900 ($ 32,662) to date
Opened their first store in March 2019
This store is self sufficient – made profit of Rs 2,399,735 ($12,972) in 2019

Supply Clean Water

Built fresh water supply to 8 schools in Muskeliya in Up-Country
Nallathanneer TMV & Gouruvilla TMV have been completed (cost $ 8,000)
Building water supply to Dikoya TMV in collaboration with Anpuneri Foundation
Received a request to build water and sanitary facilities to Vipulananda TMV (cost $ 2,340)

Sanitation Project

To-date built 406 Toilets in poor living in the Up-Country
Project partnered with World Vision and Rotary Club
Built sanitation facilities to 8 Schools (cost $250 – $300)
Received several more requests

Community Empowerment: Rebuilding Parankiyamadu village

Located in Valaichenai in the Eastern Province
Resettle 155 families returning from refugee camp – 122 fishing families are now working as laborers because of lack of fishing equipment
CHRF, UK is building 35 wells in this village
Need to build 44 houses ($1,630/house) and fishing equipment (total cost $ 71,720)
Need to built 43 Toilets ($271/toilet) – total cost $ 11,653
Need to purchase 6 boats to support 30 families ($ 3,260/boat) and 10 nets to support 5 families (total cost $ 19,560)

Community Empowerment: Restoring Mavadi Ammanputhukadu

Resettlement of returning families from the refugee camp
Located in the rural area in Killinochchi district in the Northern Province

Education Resource Centre for Special Needs Children

Located in Kottagala in the Up-Country
Rent, staff training, staff salary and other expenses – cost $6000 per year
Center is the umbrella of MENCAFEP (Mentally Handicapped Children & Families Education Project)
Work closely with the Social Services Department and the local Pediatric Health Facility

Computer Program at Karadiyanaru TMV school

- Establish computer program at Karadiyanaru MTV and 5 other schools, Batticaloa West, Eastern Province
- Project fund salary for a computer teacher and for Wi-Fi connection
- Teach 120 students at Grade 8 and Grade 9:
1 school 120 children/3 months – Rs. 34,200 ($185)
6 schools for 1 year – Rs. 788,400 ( $4,284)

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Needs

The IMHO

NEEDS

Supporting Cancer Awareness Programs.

IMHO USA has donated a Holter monitor with analyzer and an ambulatory BP apparatus

Cost of $ 13,000

The Penney Family and Team Solihull Want To Raise Funds For Over 1000 Cataract Surgeries

Goal of $ 20,000

Diabetic Center, Jaffna and Batticaloa Teaching Hospital

Expected to treat 3,000 new patients/year

Renal Dialysis Service

Currently this unit perform 26 Dialysis per day

Educational Projects: Kilinochchi Education Development Trust (KEDT)

Teaching 543 students

Interventional Cardiology Unit, Jaffna Teaching Hospital

Trauma/Suicide Prevention Program & Trauma Registry

Supports staff salaries - $733/month

Batticaloa Child Psychiatric Center

Cost Rs 19,78,772 (US $10,754)

In-Patient Mental Health Units

Currently treat 100+ in-patient and 800 out-patient

Mathavam: A center for Neuro-Developmental Disorders

Staff at the cost of $388/month

Mullaitivu District General Hospital

Dental Clinic for Poor School Children

Uyirilai – Center for Spinal Cord Injury

Jaffna Jaipur Center

English Teacher Training Program

National College of Education

Iniya Vazhvu Illam – Home for disabled children

Community Empowerment: Re-Building Kancharamoddai

Mobile Medical Clinics

Establishment of Dental Clinic at Pulipanchakal

Kalmunai Base Hospital

Women Cooperative Empowerment Network

New Arrow Center -An Empowerment Project

Pre-School Education

Caring Hands Project

Clean Water Project at Pallachchenai

Higher Education Scholarship to Under-Privileged Students

Reading Groups for Children Age between 6 - 16

Improve Educational Infrastructure - Smart Board

Secondary Education to under-privileged students in Up-Country

Women Empowerment Program: Women Saving Group

Supply Clean Water

Sanitation Project

Community Empowerment: Rebuilding Parankiyamadu village

Community Empowerment: Restoring Mavadi Ammanputhukadu

Education Resource Centre for Special Needs Children

Computer Program at Karadiyanaru TMV school

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