Tamil Cultural Association of Waterloo Region (TCAWR) is a not for profit community organization representing the Tamil community in the Waterloo Region and City of Guelph since 1989. 
 
As part of the mandate, the association’s global relief fund helps local community as well as helps elevate poverty among the citizens of India and Sri Lanka.  Locally, we have taken part in Soup Kitchen for the Homeless at St. John’s Church , Kitchener and Operation Christmas Child programs.  The Global relief fund has contributed generously during the past few years.    
  
  Sri Lanka Shipped cloths to a children’s Orphanage in Nunavil, Jaffna .  
  India Donated Ind. Rs. 25,000 to a Fire victim in Trichy, South India .  
     
TCAWR also helped the Canadian Red Cross to raise $ 120,000 during Tsunami disaster.    
     
This year, “Project hope”, has been planed to raise funds for the construction and maintaining of the Nursery school in Batticaloa , Sri Lanka.  The children have been mostly displaced during civil disturbance and Tsunami survivors.  The school is operated by Sri Ramakrishna Mission, a leading missionary organization in Sri Lanka.  The Mission operates 3 children’s Orphanages, 3 Nursery schools, Family Health care centre and a refugee shelter (IDP) for internally displaced people.
  
   
The nursery school lags behind in necessary amenities and equipments.  Every time, the nursery hall is needed for an event or as refugee camp the school suffers.  Valuable equipments belonging to the school cannot to be stored properly.  
   
The IDP facility - Most refugees are living in open areas, where rows of tents stretch into the distance. Men and women, who do not know each other, are forced to live in the same hut, with least privacy for women. It is hard to imagine the psychological impact of living in a tent, scorching during the day and shivering in the night. Some camps have few common toilets but some times it is open air toilets in the bushes that they have to use.  
   
In the wake of a humanitarian crisis with thousands of displaced people on the move, the Tamil Community of Waterloo Region seeks your help to raise donations.  We are looking forward for cash donation from the community.  Any amount is welcome.  All proceeds will be provided with an official receipt.  Our goal is to reach a sum of $2000 and proceeds will be handed over to Sri Ramakrishna Mission, Kallady, Uppodai, Batticaloa.   
   
We are also planning a massive garage sale in early spring in the Beachwood Forest Area, Kitchener to raise awareness of our project and to raise funds.  We encourage community members to spread the message and to help us in raising funds. 
 
   
Please send your cheque in favour of Tamil Cultural Association of Waterloo Region, P.O. Box 25068, Kitchener , Ontario, N2A-4A5. Your compassion today will mean a tomorrow for these vulnerable victims. Together we can make a difference and relieve human suffering.