Fridsro was on the scene on the 27th of December trying to help these people and organize shelter, food and medical treatment.
The Tsunami rebuilding and rehabilitation program was started soon after and we have to date helped rebuild 250, 2 bedroom houses, 150 toilets, 144 new wells, 8 kilometers of road, 2 children's study centers with play grounds and one sub post office.
In the immediate aftermath of the Tsunami we handed out over 265 tons of food (including Vegetables, Rice, Flour, Sugar etc.) and were able to supply 1,600 tents for temporary living quarters.
In addition we provided a kids psycho-social program called Kids Club to both engage the children in the camps in learning and fun as well as give them a place where they could talk about and process the tragedy that they had been through. We served over 300 children at a time for 25 weeks, providing them with games, learning, a snack, lunch and most of all people who cared to listen to them.
At Fridsro we believe in empowering people to rebuild and sustain their lives, taking responsibility for their futures. To this end we provided help for people to rebuild their businesses and thus rebuild their lives. We have to date provided 5 Bicycle Repair Centres, 1 Laundry Shop, 2 Barbershops, 210 Bicycles with fish boxes, 210 Weigh Scales, 20 Chicken Coops, 500 Chickens for 25 families , Vegetable seeds and fertilizer for 45 families, 55 acres of paddy fields for 55 families as well as fishing canoes, nets, boat engines etc. to those who lost everything in this devastating natural disaster.
Thank you all for your support to Fridsro that enables us to be the hands of God reaching out with comfort when things like the 2004 Tsunami happens.