At the end of the year, we reflect on what we have achieved together. Thanks to your support, we were able to help people in Sri Lanka who are now struggling more than ever.

Together, we offer help, hope, and confidence for the future. That's what Christmas is all about for us: being there for each other, wherever we are in the world. Thank you for your commitment and support.

The board of Medi-Aid Holland - Sri Lanka wishes everyone a Merry Christmas and a happy New Year full of light, health, and beautiful moments.

Thanks to the Medi-Aid Sri Lanka board, the first food parcels have been distributed. A great start!

Stichting Medi-Aid uit Ameide in actie voor Sri Lanka na allesverwoestende orkaan | Al het nieuws uit Vijfheerenlanden

Medi Aid Holland Sri Lanka launches fundraising campaign for flood victims in Sri Lanka

Medi Aid Holland Sri Lanka calls for help for flood victims
Ameide, 1 December 2025 

The Medi Aid Holland Sri Lanka Foundation is sounding the alarm about the devastating floods currently affecting the south and east of Sri Lanka. Thousands of families have been impacted, homes have been destroyed, and essential services have become
inaccessible. The foundation has immediately started a fundraising campaign to provide emergency aid and medical care to the victims.

Devastating impact on local communities
The ongoing heavy rainfall has led to large-scale flooding, submerging entire villages. Many people have lost their homes and are facing shortages of clean drinking water, food, and medicines. Vulnerable groups such as children, the elderly, and the sick are particularly hard hit.

Immediate help needed
Medi Aid Holland Sri Lanka is working with local partners to address the most urgent needs. The funds raised will be used for emergency packages containing food, drinking water, medical aid, and temporary shelters. Efforts are also being made to restore damaged infrastructure so that affected families can resume their lives as soon as possible.

Call to donors
The foundation calls on individuals, companies, and other organisations to contribute. “Every euro counts and can make a difference for people’s lives,” says the chairperson of Medi Aid Holland Sri Lanka. “Together, we can ensure that affected families are not left to fend for themselves.”
Donations can be made via our website: http://www.medi-aid.nl/ or via NL35INGB0661870839.
Medi Aid Holland Sri Lanka has been committed to humanitarian aid and medical support in Sri
Lanka for years. With your support, we can make a difference now as well. Help and give people
hope again after this disaster.

We would like to inform you about the latest developments within our Medi-Aid foundation. Last summer, we were inconsistently informed through the Sri Lanka roundtable about whether we would continue the damaged work of the Diya Dhara Foundation. This foundation has been providing aid to poor people in Sri Lanka since the tsunami of late 2004, helping them increase their independence and self-reliance. A great deal of help and support has been provided to victims of the tsunami. These projects have now been completed. The foundation also has a number of excellent, multifaceted projects in the plantations. The board of the Diya Dhara Foundation intends to end its work by the end of 2025, and therefore the foundation will be dissolved effective January 1, 2026. Over the past 21 years, the Diya Dhara Foundation has done a great deal of work and has realized wonderful projects. This aid has made a world of difference for many Sri Lankans, improving their lives and futures. It would be a great shame if the projects for the poorest people on the plantations had to stop.

During our introductory meetings, it quickly became clear that the objectives of Diya Dhara and Medi-Aid share many similarities. Several exploratory discussions focused on how Medi-Aid could continue its work on the tea plantations. Expanding projects to another part of the country fits well within Medi-Aid's development, as the projects around Negombo have largely been completed. We are therefore very pleased that, after thorough consultation with the board of Diya Dhara, the decision has been made that the Medi-Aid Foundation will take over support for the work on the tea plantations as of January 1, 2026.

We thank the board of the Diya Dhara Foundation for their trust and for all the years of support for the people in Sri Lanka who desperately need it.

'Our Anne' at work!
A Medi-Aid CPR dummy used in training in Sri Lanka.
The CPR dummy generously donated to MediAid by EHBO-vereniging Ameide en Tienhoven is now serving a vital role in Sri Lanka. This initiative exemplifies how small-scale projects can have significant impacts, delivering swift and beneficial results without the need for additional funding.
'Anne’, our dummy, is utilized for first aid and CPR training sessions across the island. In this instance, a locally based trainer, who recently lost their spouse, is able to earn a livelihood by conducting these essential training programs. Meanwhile, various target groups acquire the necessary skills to save lives.
The training is designed for caretakers, nurses, yoga instructors, surf instructors and any individual or organization requiring proficiency in first aid and CPR.

Warmest holiday wishes from all of us at Medi-Aid. 

Floods are now most common in Jaffna, Kalutara, Rathnapura, Gampaha and Ampara districts. Many people have been forced to leave their homes or their livelihoods are threatened by the natural disaster. Medi-Aid wants to help the people in Sri Lanka. We want to buy food or help people who have to leave their home or have lost it. Would you like to support us as an ANBI foundation? A donation can be transferred to account NL35INGB0661870839 t.a. Medi-Aid Holland-Sri Lanka Foundation We will then ensure that Medi-Aid Sri Lanka can help the people there. --> DONATE <--

On behalf of the Ameide and Tienhoven first aid association, Krijn de Vroome presented a resuscitation manikin to the chairman of Medi-Aid Martin Joziasse.
Annie the doll is used for education in Sri Lanka. We are very happy with this. It is a wonderful asset to our training project. Michiel Los  is now in Sri Lanka and has taken the doll with him and handed it over to Paul Schoone.

Confused, full of disbelief, sad, unreal and unfair, we learned of the unexpected death of our colleague/former board member of Medi-Aid Berry Verkuil. Berry was only 43 years old, full of life and so proud of his girls. We wish his family and relatives all the strength and strength they need to cope with this enormous loss.

On behalf of the Ameide and Tienhoven first aid association, Krijn de Voome presented a resuscitation manikin to the chairman of Medi-Aid Martin Joziasse. Doll will be used for schooling in Sri Lanka. We are very happy with this donation. It is a wonderful asset to our training project.

The Medi-Aid board completed the project 'the construction of a school building for disabled children' ('children with special needs') in 2022.
Following the evaluation, it was decided to start a steering group in 2024 consisting of the Rector of STIC (St. Thomas International College), a board member of Medi-Aid Sri Lanka and a board member of Medi-Aid Netherlands.
An agreement was signed on February 2, 2024, after a presentation was given by Medi-Aid. The agreement contains agreements between STIC and Medi-Aid.

Thanks to Paul Schoone, Medi-Aid was able to donate 30 thin clients to the school.

Today the Dutch board of Medi-Aid visited St. Anne's home for the eldery. Curious about how this fantastic project is going? Click here for the update.

Today St. Thomas Catholic International College - STIC board meeting with MediAid to discuss our great progress in Seeduwa Sri Lanka. Nice weather with (almost) everyone together! :-) Of course the school was also visited. Click here for an impression (with many thanks to Arlette)

The children from the school give presents to the children from the Special Needs School. The video is more than cute

Thanks to the fantastic gentlemen of Mediplus Breda, Philip van den Berg and Ruud Sterkens, Sasha has a new wheelchair. His current chair needed to be replaced and he is very happy with this beautiful new chair, his face speaks volumes :-)  We are also very grateful to Mediplus for this donation. Many thanks also to Paul for taking care of the transport of the wheelchair from the Netherlands to Sri Lanka!

Via Wimal came the request whether Medi-Aid could provide school uniforms, lunches and other basic needs for children of parents who do not have the financial means for this. It is a one-year support process so that the parents can get some air and get their financial situation in better order so that they can bear the costs themselves after this support year.Packages have now been distributed with complete sets of school uniforms. Means were made available for the girls for the monthly troubles and the children could go to the hairdresser. The lunches for the 50 children have also started. A fantastic start to this year of support.

Today Medi-Aid NL attented the Sri Lanka table meeting at the embassy in The Hague. There Heidi Visser-Rath represented our foundation and explained what we have done in Sri Lanka since its foundation in 2002. A beautiful afternoon with a warm welcome, and a small Sri Lankan meal at the end. Nice to network and hear what other foundations are doing in Sri Lanka. The financial situation in Sri Lanka is slowly improving. Hopeful that we can also go that way again soon for our beautiful projects. We can't wait to pass on knowledge again.

The 2022 annual report and annual accounts are available. Click here to view the documents.

First meeting of 2023 at Ronald Visser and Heidi Visser's home. Talked about our projects in Sri Lanka, Paul Schoone who is about to move there to live. Great ideas for the new year, would like to bring material there, get in touch with teachers in the Netherlands who might be able to mean something there. Together with the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences we look at what students can do in terms of (graduation) assignments and then also look together at how we can achieve accreditation of our programs in Sri Lanka. All in all, enough that we get to work with, sponsorship or a donation is very welcome! Do you want to contribute? Check out our website; https://lnkd.in/eUtUtSZf for more information. A voluntary contribution, one-off or structural, can be made to:NL35INGB0661870839 in the name of. Medi-Aid Holland-Sri Lanka Foundation

Amstelring Wijkzorg has donated 600 used mobile phones for charities, initiated by Medi-Aid Holland Sri Lanka. Any help is so welcome these days!
Thank you very much!

Handing dry ration packages to families who have lost their income due to fuel shortages and skyrocketing basic food prices. Thanks to wonderful Mr. Wimal.

The situation in Sri Lanka is dire at the moment, families are being badly affected. For example, you can include tuk tuk drivers and their families here, because there is a major shortage of fuel and there was a mile-long traffic jam before the last bit of fuel. These families are badly affected. Medi-Aid Netherlands has made a financial contribution to Medi-Aid Sri Lanka, so that about 150 food packages could be composed consisting of rice, lentils, brown sugar and soy meat and these are distributed by the SL board from Medi Aid. If you also want to make a donation, this is possible on Account number NL35INGB0661870839 in the name of. Medi-Aid Holland-Sri Lanka Foundation

Medi-Aid has trained motivated Sri Lankan women several times in the past for deployment in elderly care.
A wonderful curriculum has been developed for this, which teaches the students all basic care aspects and makes them quickly deployable in elderly care in Sri Lanka.
In the future, Medi-Aid wants to align these courses even better with the school system in Sri Lanka and thereby possibly train more students, offering them a future perspective. Hopefully we will also indirectly improve the quality of elderly care!
Through a nice collaboration with the Hogeschool van Amsterdam, Medi-Aid receives support from students who do a fieldwork project of 10 weeks as part of their Minor Global Health, during which they have to start an international project.
The 3 students, Noëlle, Devlin and Santoesha, who have chosen this project for their Minor, will globally map out how the (healthcare) education system in Sri Lanka works and what already exists in (accredited) healthcare education. On the basis of this data, Medi-Aid can deploy experts itself to develop a curriculum that maximally matches the Sri Lankan situation.
I am proud to be able to help these people to some extent with their complex assignment, which, given the situation in Sri Lanka, has to be carried out mainly from a distance.
Good luck to Noëlle, Devlin and Santoesha!

The Dutch board with the Sri Lankan chairman of Medi-Aid and his son. After 2 years finally meeting again in Sri Lanka

The fantastic school is officially and festively opened today. Click here for a small impression.

The first students of the St. Thomas Catholic International College in Seeduwa have started

Our new board member, Rohan Hettiarachchi is a Sri Lankan Dutch doctor who has been living in Amsterdam since 1991. Rohan has experience as a doctor in both Sri Lanka and the Netherlands. After his postgraduate studies in medicine at the Erasmus Medical Center in Rotterdam and at the AMC University Hospital in Amsterdam, he worked as a medical specialist at the University Hospital of Amsterdam AMC before joining an international pharmaceutical company. As a director and board member of the company, he worked in various areas of global projects for the development of new drugs. He was based in Europe and Asia. In
Asia, he was based in Singapore and South Korea and was responsible for global projects in Japan, China and other Asian countries. He still has strong connections in Sri Lanka. His relatives and friends live in Sri Lanka.
He is a frequent visitor to Sri Lanka. Rohan has work experience at various foundations, including a few years ago as a board member of the FHP. Rohan is delighted to join the Medi-Aid Foundation and looks forward to contributing to its success in the future.

I am Paul Schoone, 56 years old and recently added to the board of Medi Aid.
I started as a nurse in 1984, but soon ended up in healthcare education.
After a teaching position in regular care education, I became an account manager at SVOZ Opleidingen in de zorg, a private trainer with shortened vocational training and specializations for adults. There had the great opportunity to become director / owner from 2006. I have been traveling to Sri Lanka several times a year since 2013. My partner was adopted to the Netherlands as a Sri Lankan and together we undertook the search for her biological family. During that search I fell a bit in love with the country and the people. The experiences and contacts in Sri Lanka make me want to work for an improvement of care and care education in Sri Lanka. In September 2021 I transferred my ownership of SVOZ to The Aethon Group. As a result, I now have the space to support beautiful projects in Sri Lanka. I will live part of the year in the south of the country.
Medi Aid's projects are beautiful and practical and fit both my care/education heart and my entrepreneurial heart. It is an honour and pleasure for me to be part of this.

The festive opening of ST. THOMAS' CATHOLIC INTERNATIONAL COLLEGE in Seeduwa (Sri Lanka)The school in Seeduwa has been festively opened. In the Netherlands, Medi-Aid could watch live via Zoom. Read more

Medi-Aid has joined the Dutch NGO pledge #EveryChildAFamily. A growing
movement of Dutch private initiatives that are all committed to helping children in a
family, and not in a children's home. By signing the pledge we work together to promote a child's right to grow up in a family both in our project countries and in the Netherlands.
Children often end up in a children's home because of poverty or because of a disability. 80% of the estimated 5.4 million children in homes worldwide have at least one living parent or other relatives. They could take care of their child with the right
support. We want to support those parents and relatives, so that they can look after their children themselves
Shelter with relatives or in a foster family is a much better place than in a home. Growing up in a Home often has a negative effect on health, development and opportunities for the future of a child. This is mainly due to the lack of individual attention. 300 studies out of more than 60 countries shows that children develop better in a family environment and that long-term
Staying in a home is detrimental to cognitive, emotional and social development. When
children from a home are placed in a family or foster family, their development often slows down immensely (source: The Lancet
https://www.thelancet.com/commissions/deinstitutionalisation).
With tailor-made support, we ensure that children can live in a family
to grow up. With a good safety net, children no longer have to be handed over. Reception in a home is sometimes temporarily necessary for a small number of children, but then in small groups with regular carers. This shelter is aimed at returning to family or placement in a foster family.
Childcare in a family is not only the best for children, but also an efficient use of donations: family care is usually ten times cheaper than care in a home.

CONTRACT SIGNED AND BUILD STARTED SCHOOL FOR CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES
The construction of the school for children with disabilities in Sri Lanka at the St. Thomas Catholic College in Seeduwa has started!
Last month, the funds raised by Medi-Aid Holland Sri Lanka, in collaboration with sponsors Wilde Ganzen, Wings of Support, FHP and private individuals, were transferred and construction has now started.
Chairman Martin Joziasse of the Medi-Aid Foundation: “We have not yet collected the total required amount of € 150,000, but after we have received a lot of money from donors in recent months, we are very optimistic that we also know the last € 9,500 together. to get. This very necessary building for children with a disability just MUST be built. Based on this idea, the contracts were signed and construction started in Sri Lanka. You see that the Sri Lankans, who themselves have raised a third of the total amount of money, are extremely passionate about realizing Father Kennedy's dream. A building is being built with might and main in which many children can soon be guided towards a better future. ”
Father Kennedy's St. Thomas Catholic College Seeduwa offers children who cannot attend regular education due to economic or social barriers the opportunity to develop. Increasingly, parents of disabled children are also knocking on the door of the school asking for education. The St. Thomas Catholic College would like to offer this, but does not have the facilities or the space for this within the existing building. Not only do these children require special attention because of their limitations, the infrastructure must also be adapted accordingly. In order to get these children out of their isolation and give them a dignified place in the community, it was decided to build a separate school building. The local population is extremely motivated to help with this and the parents of the children and sponsors have now also collected some of the necessary finances.
Help! We still need € 9,500. Would you also like to contribute?
Deposit your contribution to NL35 INGB 0661870839 in the name of Medi-Aid in Breukelen (BIC: INGBNL2A)

Click here for images of the school's build progress

FHP NETHERLANDS DONATES € 42,750 TO MEDI-AID
FOR CONSTRUCTION SCHOOL CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS

Children with disabilities want to go to school!

https://www.wildeganzen.nl/projecten/sri-lanka-onderwijs

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Happy faces of the students who participated in the training sessions. They have all succeeded! Click here for the entire report!

The first training course of 2019 has started!

Again a fantastic support for Medi Aid. Thanks to the HUMAVI Foundation from Mijdrecht, we received the wonderful amount of 7500 Euro for our education project in Sri Lanka. Thank you Board of HUMAVI !!

The proceeds from our joint effort have yielded a wonderful amount. This was handed over to St. Thomas College Father John Kennedy on July 4. Private donations and donations from WOS and FHP made this amount possible in collaboration with Supprt us Support !!

Medi Aid in collaboration with WOS supports a unique project. The construction of a school for children with special needs integrated into mainstream education. The combined amount of WOS and Medi Aid is intended for adapted toilets and other necessary adjustments. The amount was symbolically handed over to Father Kennedy of St. Thomas College in Seeduwa.

Today we received the sad news that Martine Bijl, the patron of Medi-Aid, has died. Martine not only had a warm heart for acting and presenting, but also for care for the elderly, one of the spearheads of Medi-Aid in Sri Lanka.

Immediately after the establishment of Medi-Aid in 2002, Martine was prepared to link her name to our foundation.

On behalf of the board, we wish the next of kin a lot of strength to cope with the loss of this special woman.

Thankful and happy OMI priests and the children of the school in Kilinochchi with the donated furniture.

Medi-Aid Foundation Sri Lanka-Holland and Foundation Support us Support have joined forces and have started a fundraising campaign for the benefit of the victims and relatives of the terrorist attacks on Easter Monday in Sri Lanka.

Both foundations have been operating in the affected area for years and both provide assistance and support to vulnerable elderly and children (with disabilities). Medi-Aid has for many years been working closely with Father Thomas' St. Thomas Catholic College in Seeduwa. In July of last year, more than 300 school sets and other educational aids went to this school so that children could go to school. During this week's attacks in Colombo / Negombo, among others, several children and parents of the school of Father Kennedy were killed or injured. We urgently need help and need many basic things, safety and security.

Let your heart speak for this once again affected country and deposit your contribution on NL35INGB0661870839 in the name of Medi-Aid in Breukelen (BIC: INGBNL2A). Every gift is important and reaches 100% of those affected.

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Because of his many (voluntary) activities, Jacques unfortunately had to make a choice to divest a number of activities. In the 4 years that he was a board member, Jacques played a very important role in the professionalization of our Foundation, including new articles of association and the recognition of the CBF. We thank Jacques for his critical view and his commitment !!!

What an honor! Medi-aid as guest of honor at the Christmas celebration at St Thomas, the school of Father Kennedy. With the icing on the cake .. a speech from our chairman for more than 3000 visitors!

Furniture has arrived and put into operation !! Father Kennedy and the school children are very happy with the new stuff.

Yesterday evening the 2nd container arrived and is unloaded !! Next to the great contribution of Support us Supporting there were also materials shipped for HAVONOS and S2T. A great compliment for everybody who helped to accomplish this goal Thank you !!!

Again a new milestone achieved
The 27th of July 2018 we received the message from the Central Bureau on Fundraising (CBF) that we achieved the demands!! Of course we are very happy with this achievement!! We have to thank PARTIN for their support to follow the proper procedures! The Central Bureau on Fundraising (CBF, www.cbf.nl) is an independent foundation which has been monitoring fundraising by charities since 1925. The CBF’s task is to promote trustworthy fundraising and expenditure by reviewing fundraising organizations and giving information and advice to government institutions and the public. When a charity has been recognized as a charity by the CBF (CBF-erkend goed doel), you can trust that the organization has been closely reviewed.

A memorable fact today: chairman of Medi-Aid Martin Joziasse (left) and secretary Jaques Wartna sign, after recalibration of the old statutes that were now> 15 years old, the new statutes of Medi-Aid at notary practice Jansen & Partner in Vleuten. Medi-Aid meets the changed legal requirements and regulations with the new articles of association. In addition, these meet the requirements for maintaining the ANBI status.

After a long voyage by container, the first school sets (desks, chairs, etc.) arrived at St. Thomas Catholic College of Father Kennedy in Seeduwa Sri Lanka. Volunteers load everything. The school sets are intended for underprivileged children and disabled children who (want to) follow education and are made available by Het Nieuwe Lyceum from Bilthoven and volunteers loaded and shipped by Medi-Aid volunteers. The other relief items, including wheelchairs, toilet seats, hoists etc., made available by Steun ons Steunen, have also been put to use at the place of destination and equally gratefully. Help helps!

The construction of the Bishop's elderly home has been officially opened today. The first occupants have already moved into their homes and already feel at home. For more photos click here.

Thanks to the efforts of many, yesterday we have taken 190 school sets, desks, chairs, blackboards and beamers from a large number of classrooms and put them in a container that is destined for St. Thomas Catholic College by Father Kennedy in Seeduwa.
This brings the total to one and a half week ago to no less than more than 300 sets and other educational tools that Sri Lankan children will be able to enjoy education with.
In addition, there are also many other relief items such as wheelchairs, toilet seats and hoists, made available by Steun ons Steunen, which have been used for Medi-Aid projects. For various projects of Havonos, S2T and Support us Supports transportation was catered for.
Our big thanks go to the Lyceum Bilthoven, which provided all school sets free of charge and helped us on all sides, and of course all volunteers. Together we are committed to helping Sri Lanka, how beautiful !!

In addition to all the school furniture, our colleague Support us Support foundation (Jo Wouters) has collected a large amount of wheelchairs, prevention cushions and mattresses for Sri Lanka as well as two bicycles and a quantity of bandage material. Together with a colleague this was taken from Valkenburg to Bilthoven and packed there in the container for transport to Sri Lanka where it will arrive in about 3-4 weeks.

Yesterday, the Medi-Aid team, together with Jo Wouters from .nl and a large number of volunteers, loaded the first 40ft container with 130 school sets, made available to us by the New Lyceum in Bilthoven.
Many hands make light work, together we strive for a school in Sri Lanka. On Monday afternoon, June 25, the second cargo will follow, another 180 sets.

Thanks to the efforts of Mobelli and Heuting, we have been provided with more than 300 school sets including lecterns, blackboards for our project in Seeduwa. The sets are made available by the New Lyceum in Bilthoven. Of course we are very grateful to everyone who made this possible! Next Friday the first 40ft container will be loaded and on the 25th the second !!! In addition, it is good to mention that shipment will also take place of materials with and from the Foundation of Jo Wouters (support us support) with which a fine and constructive cooperation takes place. It should not be mentioned that thanks to the cooperation with the Friendship Foundation (Kirsten Giethoorn) we have been able to set up other projects.

MEDI-AID FOUNDATION SUPPORTS SRI LANKA EDUCATION PROJECT

TOILETS FOR DISABLE PEOPLE THANKS TO DONATION

WINGS OF SUPPORT

The Medi-Aid Foundation, which works for underprivileged elderly and children (with a disability) in Sri Lanka, receives a donation of € 5.131, - from Wings of Support - a private social initiative of KLM employees - for the construction of toilets for disabled childern at the St. Thomas Catholic College at Seeduwa in Sri Lanka.

The St. Thomas Catholic College, located 15 kilometers from the airport, is an initiative of the Catholic Church in Sri Lanka there and offers children who can not follow regular education because of economic or social barriers the chance to develop. Increasingly, parents of disabled children are also approaching the school with the demand for education. The St. Thomas Catholic College would like to offer this, but does not have the facilities nor the space for it within the existing building. Not only do these children need special attention due to their physical and mental limitations, the infrastructure also needs to be adapted accordingly.

Because it is both the wish of rector Fr. D.M.J. Kennedy Perera from the St. Thomas Catholic College as well as from the Medi-Aid Foundation to remove these children from their isolation and to give them a worthy place in the community, it has been decided to build a separate outbuilding. The local population is extremely motivated to help and the parents of the handicapped children and sponsors have now collected 50% of the necessary finances. It is unique in the Sri Lankan community to offer children with disabilities a day-care and education that is fully integrated with regular education. With this, the children with a disability have a greater chance of gaining independence, employment and a better perspective on their own future.

The Medi-Aid Foundation contributes to furnishing the classrooms with tables and chairs, promotes the expertise of teachers and organizes training in the field of Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy. Thanks to the donation from Wings of Support, the necessary invalid toilets can now also be installed. About Sichting Medi-Aid

The Medi-Aid Foundation is a small but effective and ambitious aid organization, with both a Dutch and Sri Lankan administration. Medi-Aid supports underprivileged elderly and children (with a physical and / or mental disability) in Sri Lanka who are unable to do so themselves. This support in the field of care and education is intended as a temporary impulse in material and financial terms. Temporary, because Medi-Aid arranges its support in such a way that the client is ultimately independent.

For more information: Martin Joziasse, chairman, telephone: 06-19989250.

About Wings of Support

Wings of Support is a private initiative of KLM employees. Attempts are made to help children in countries where this society is flying by facilitating education, shelter and medical assistance. With this Wings of Support wants to achieve a sustainable improvement of the quality of life of children in their own environment. Supporting the aid projects basically takes place at KLM destinations with financial support from our donors and sponsors.

Medi-Aid records data such as name, address, place of residence, e-mail address and other information necessary for the execution of the donorship or the processing of a one-off donation. We only provide your data to parties that perform services for our foundation, such as printers where printing giro collection cards and labels and banks for the processing of debit authorizations, and only those data that are necessary for the relevant processing. All information entrusted to us is treated confidentially by us and our suppliers. Your e-mail address will only be used to send information that concerns Medi-Aid, such as newsletters about started and completed projects. Your information will only be used for the purposes for which it was obtained. You can unsubscribe as a donor at any time. Send an email to martin_lanka@hotmail.com

Partin is the interest organization for the joint private initiative. Partin gives the collective of small charities a voice in the discussions about development cooperation and represents the interests of the group. The motto "together we can do more, together we do more" forms the basis for all activities developed by Partin.
This way things are made possible that a separate private initiative could not achieve, such as agreements in the sector on reducing the administrative burden of small charities with ANBI registration, collective grant applications and organizing cooperation. Click here for more info about Partin.

Medi-Aid has donated 40 mosquito nets to the Welcome village in Badalgama. Therefore the bedridden residents no longer have to sleep between the mosquitoes and the flies and they can enjoy an undisturbed night's sleep and greatly reduce the chance of denque.

Leo is leaving the board, he will remain committed to Medi-Aid as an ambassador and stay involved in our beautiful foundation. Many thanks from us to Leo for all the wonderful things he has done for Medi-Aid. The vacant position on the board will be filled by Edger Hamer. Edger, a big welcome on behalf of everyone at Medi-Aid Holland and Sri Lanka. We wish you lots of luck.

Medi-Aid has donated a sum to the Catholic Church in Beruwala for the survivors of the boat disaster last February. No less than 11 people were killed here, including the parents of a 15 month old little boy. The church will take care of the survivors. Click here for a complete overview.

The construction of the Elderly home of Bishop Gomis is almost completed. In fact they are already busy with the facilities. The beds, bedside tables and other furniture donated by Medi-Aid is removed from storage, cleaned and is currently being put back together. Click here for a complete overview of our last visit.

Some time ago with support of the Lions Vinkeveen and private donations Medi-Aid was able to provide this nursing home in Jaffna with beds, linens, mattresses, pillows and mosquito nets. At our annual visit all was still well maintained. Click here for the overview of our visit.

With great thanks to Lions Vinkeveen, Medi-Aid could hand as many as 30 glasses to Wimal, the chairman of our Sri Lankan board. He's going to make sure the glasses arrive to people who genuinely need them

At the request of Havonos Medi-Aid visited a couple of their amazing projects in the north of Sri Lanka, where they work together with the OMI priests. An overview of the projects visited by us can be found here.

No less than 10 years ago, Medi-Aid donated a electric plaster saw to this Ayurvedic doctor. After all these years of intense use the saw had to be replaced. The doctor was very happy with the donation of a new saw.

Last Thursday Medi-Aid could finally visit the Elderly Home of former Archbishop Gomis which is under construction since 2014. We are proud to announce that the construction is almost finished. Within the next several months the bishop will expect the first residents and in a short time the house will be equipped with hospital beds and furniture donated by Medi-Aid. Also see the beautiful pictures we made of this wonderful project.

Again, we were able to visit the beautiful school of Father Kennedy Perera in Seeduwa. Martin was given a big bag full of pens, balloons and whistles by Hans Brongers and Gé Verkerk from Kempenaar garage that he gave to Father Kennedy. He was so pleased with it. Hans and Gé thank you very much for this donation, also on behalf of Father Kennedy and the kids!

Last Saturday I had the great honor to be present at the opening of the office and restaurant of Jo Wouters’ foundation. They are making a great effort to support the poor and (visual) disabled Sri Lankans in the south of the country. In this beautiful building poor and disabled people can come and eat, chat, read a book or get a cup of tea. Jo and his people have done a lot of work and the result is amazing. Jo you can be really proud. For sure we are!! If you want to know more about Jo and his foundation please check "steun ons steunen"

Last month it was the 10th year anniversary of our beautiful Medi-Aid house. A milestone and reason enough to bring cake and celebrate with our residents. A full report of my visit to the house can be found here.

Last week Myrna Kranendonk left for Sri Lanka. Together with the Board of Medi Aid Holland and the Sri Lankan Board we developed an number of assignments concerning:

1) Extending the Medi Aid House to 32 inhabitants
2) Collaboration with 2 Foundations in Sri Lanka
3) Developing educational programs in Nursing elderly Care on demand
4) Collaboration with St.Thomas International School concerning developing education disabled children.
5) Realizing a plan for the 4 assignments

The Dutch Board wishes her a lot of succes in realizing the assignments!!

Last Sunday our well respected board member, a great friend and father passed away. We will always remember him as a great person with the respect for life and all who were around him. We wish his wife Gisela and the other family members all the strength to cope with this loss. We will never forget him.!! RIP

Just a few minutes ago we had a sad message, Our Sri Lankan chairman Lloyd Perera has passed away. Lloyd was one of the founders of Medi Aid in Sri Lanka and accomplished all the things we were not able to do. He also realized the Medi Aid
house. We will miss his humor, laughs and human qualities. He will be remembered as a man with a great personality and a big commitment with the needy We wish Primrose, his children and Grandchildren strength and courage in the days to come.