Tuesday, January 8, 2008

Objectives & Activities

Ray of Hope

The Ray of Hope program begun under the auspices of the Tsunami Relief Foundation has been a great success with the children and the various NGOs who implemented it in collaboration. Using song, music, dance and art to work with children TRF conducted throw out Sri Lanka. Many of the children who participated in this program were directly or indirectly affected by the Tsunami. Most of them had lost their belongings, homes, environment, school and in the worst case a family member and/or friend. The Ray of Hope program offered them a platform to express their grief and confusion in a constructive way. It allowed the displaced children living in camps an opportunity to be just a child once again[1]. “The 3 Friends and the Big Wave” book was distributed with the assistents of TRF[2].

The Author

Timothy Senaviratne has a background in child psychology and has been a pre-school teacher. A filmmaker / photographer at heart considers him self an artist of sorts. [3]Having experienced the Tsunami himself, Timothy was motivated to take time off work and together with his friends, began the Tsunami Relief Foundation. This project was designed to use the arts as a means of connecting with children all over the country and to give them an outlet for their fears. The resulting book The 3 Friends and the Big Wave was written after he had worked with children affected by the Tsunami.

. In October 2005 Timothy Seneviratne launched his book The 3 Friends and the Big Wave[1]. Written in English the book was an outcome of his work with children affected by the Tsunami in various parts of the island[2]. An immediate success, the book was used by several NGOs and CBOs to implement their psychosocial support programs for children throughout the island. Today it’s been translated and published 4 lugvegers becoming one of the best sellers in Sri Lanka, to date 24000 books have been published. “Rainbow friends” been hiss second book with a equally relevant subjected is bound to reach children effected by the conflict of Sri Lanka.

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