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The International Child Art Foundation \| 1350 Connecticut Avenue, NW \| Washington, DC 20036-1702 NEWS RELEASE January 1, 2005 CONTACT: Media Relations Phone: (202) 530-1000 Fax: (202) 530-1080 E-mail: media@icaf.org Url: www.icaf.org URGENT APPEAL: TSUNAMI UPDATE FROM SRI LANKA PARTNER ICAF's representative in Sri Lanka, Dr. Ambalampitiya, president of Colombo Children's Book Society (CCBS), reports: "On the morning of December 26th I was donating children's books at an orphanage in the coastal area. Suddenly people were shouting on the street as sea waves came inland. Within a few minutes our beautiful land became a graveyard for thousaands. In some areas tsunami came upto three kilometers inland, destroying everything in its path. Today, over one million people are refugees without homes and the only possession many children have is what they were wearing that morning. We have 800 children's reading centers and libraries around the country, serving over 200,000 children. We are collecting school books, educational materials and art supplies for these children." Please send in-kind donations to: Dr. D. Ambalampitiya CCBS and ICAF National Partner No 84, Lesley Ranagala Mawatha Colombo 08 SRI LANKA Tel/Fax: 009411-2686878 Email: child-books@eol.lk # # # The International Child Art Foundation is a nonprofit organization that prepares children for a creative and cooperative future so they can lead us into a safer and better world. ICAF's headquarters are in Washington, DC and its European office is in Munich.

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ICAF Store \| What We Do \| KidZone \| Resources \| About ICAF \| Get Involved		Quicklinks \| Japanese
The International Child Art Foundation \| 1350 Connecticut Avenue, NW \| Washington, DC 20036-1702 NEWS RELEASE January 1, 2005 CONTACT: Media Relations Phone: (202) 530-1000 Fax: (202) 530-1080 E-mail: media@icaf.org Url: www.icaf.org URGENT APPEAL: TSUNAMI UPDATE FROM SRI LANKA PARTNER ICAF's representative in Sri Lanka, Dr. Ambalampitiya, president of Colombo Children's Book Society (CCBS), reports: "On the morning of December 26th I was donating children's books at an orphanage in the coastal area. Suddenly people were shouting on the street as sea waves came inland. Within a few minutes our beautiful land became a graveyard for thousaands. In some areas tsunami came upto three kilometers inland, destroying everything in its path. Today, over one million people are refugees without homes and the only possession many children have is what they were wearing that morning. We have 800 children's reading centers and libraries around the country, serving over 200,000 children. We are collecting school books, educational materials and art supplies for these children." Please send in-kind donations to: Dr. D. Ambalampitiya CCBS and ICAF National Partner No 84, Lesley Ranagala Mawatha Colombo 08 SRI LANKA Tel/Fax: 009411-2686878 Email: child-books@eol.lk # # # The International Child Art Foundation is a nonprofit organization that prepares children for a creative and cooperative future so they can lead us into a safer and better world. ICAF's headquarters are in Washington, DC and its European office is in Munich.

P. O. Box 58133 • Washington, DC 20037 Phone: +1 202-530-1000 • Fax: +1 202-530-1080 • Email: childart@icaf.org Privacy Statement • Copyright © 1997 - 2007, International Child Art Foundation. All Rights Reserved.

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