Review

On October 29, a landslide occurred due to heavy rain in the Mayaveda area of ​​Koslanda, Sri Lanka. This is an area about 130km away from Kandy, a city located in central Sri Lanka, and is home to many plantations of Ceylon tea, Sri Lanka's representative tea. There has been a lot of rain recently during the rainy season, and on the morning of the 29th, a landslide occurred due to heavy rain and the Ceylon tea plantation collapsed, causing hundreds of casualties and damaging hundreds of houses.

An emergency shelter in the affected area was set up at SRI gamesha TAMIL school, two kilometers from the landslide site. This school was a place where about 500 students, ranging from elementary school students to high school students, took classes. Right here, about 80 affected children and their parents were anxiously waiting for help.

Houses collapsed miserably in a pile of mud that fell more than 10 meters high... There is no space to breathe between them. The chances of finding survivors are very slim. Still, the survivors look at the scene and repeatedly cry and pray, wondering if their family or friends might still be alive.



Layana, a Sri Lankan Red Cross nurse whom we met at the emergency shelter, said, “People are helping right now, but I am worried that people will forget us as time goes by. Please do not forget the people here and continue to help. The victims need clothes and shoes, and the children need books and pencils to keep hope alive.” He said.

Most of the affected residents are people who make a living from the damaged tea plantations. If you pick tea leaves from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., the only money you can earn is 900 rupees for men and 500 rupees for women, which is less than 10,000 won. But now... I can't even do this.

WECA, the World Educational Cultural Aid, delivers books and pens of hope to children along with Sharangbat, which delivers emergency relief supplies. We ask for your warm interest and love to bring hope to children who have suffered indescribable injuries from the landslide.