About Young Hope

The Tsunami on 26th December 2004 had a major impact on Sri-Lanka leaving many homeless, without any way of earning money and many children without parents. Young Hope was set up to reach out to these people, raising awareness of their situation and money to help them.

In March 2005 Priya went out to Sri-Lanka to see the devastation caused by the Tsunami. Through this trip 2 communities were placed on her heart and Young Hope aims to support these people and more who may need help. Suzie Malt has helped Priya develop this project and they now run it between the 2 of them.

The first community is in Galle where a group of nuns are providing food, clothing and supplies to those who have lost everything. The sisters are trying to help these people rebuild their lives and start earning money again. Young Hope has helped them buy food, sewing machines, bicycles and fishing nets.

Delivering aid to the community in Galle


The second community is is Trincomalle - an area ravanged by war and fighting and then further devastated by the Tsunami. Here Sister Arul works with a group of over 300 children, many of whom are orphaned. She ensures they can get to school, help provide extra tuition for them, has built a building for them to do their homework in, provides a hot meal at the weekends and looks after their well-being. Young Hope provides sponsorship for 40 of these children at the moment. Additional money raised has been used to buy a C.D player for the building, some toys, desks and for Sister Arul to take the children on picnics.
So this is our blog spot, a chance to learn about Young Hope and how to help Sri-Lanka!

Welcome.

Priya and Suzie