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Lions are Everyday Heroes Nalin Fernando West Hempstead Lions Club

Lions are Everyday Heroes Nalin Fernando West Hempstead Lions Club. Before the Tsunami Mount Lavinia Hotel, Sri Lanka. After the Tsunami. Receding waters: Kalutara Beach, Sri Lanka. After the Tsunami. After the Tsunami. Actions Following the Tsunami. Dec. 27 th 2004:

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Lions are Everyday Heroes Nalin Fernando West Hempstead Lions Club

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  1. Lions are Everyday Heroes Nalin Fernando West Hempstead Lions Club

  2. Before the TsunamiMount Lavinia Hotel, Sri Lanka

  3. After the Tsunami Receding waters: Kalutara Beach, Sri Lanka

  4. After the Tsunami

  5. After the Tsunami

  6. Actions Following the Tsunami Dec. 27th 2004: • Vice President Al Brandel reached out • He offered to help with tsunami relief • Lions Clubs International Foundation can expedite an emergency grant

  7. Temporary Housing

  8. After the Tsunami

  9. December 26th – 31st, 2004 CONFIRMED DEATH TOLL Sri Lanka: 46,000> Indonesia: 94,081 India: 9,575 Thailand: 4,500 Maldives: 81 Malaysia: 66 Burma: 59 Bangladesh: 2 Somalia: 114 Kenya: Seychelles: 3 Tanzania: 10 CNN.COM Jan 3rd .2005

  10. The Rise of the Everyday Hero • A country linked in sorrow and mourning • A community unified to aid the tsunami victims • Local companies donating food • Households donating canned and dry goods • Local Lions front and center

  11. United Nations and Lions Clubs International -Vice President Al Brandel and Council Chair Andy Umreiko met with UNICEF Analyzing RFQ from Sri Lanka to US Mission for Tents???

  12. Sri Lanka – New York Friendship House

  13. New York – January 2005 • West Hempstead & Rockville Centre Lions Clubs in New York had a joint meeting • Together they donated funds to build a house in Sri Lanka as part of their Tsunami Relief effort

  14. New York – February 2005 • Spoke to young children at the Waldorf School of Garden City • Explained how the Waldorf School of Garden City could participate

  15. Waldorf School – May 2005 • Waldorf students organized a fund-raising basketball tournament • The funds raised were enough to donate a house • Additionally, $2,000 was donated as a educational scholarship to the children in the house

  16. Lions are Everyday Heroes THANK YOU! Nalin Fernando West Hempstead Lions Club

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