Life's Essentials

Early Projects

New Water Pump at Sithyvinayagar Maha School, Batticaloa

The first school that was helped was Sithyvinayagar Maha School in Batticaloa, Sri Lanka. Being on the East coast it was severely hit by the December 2004 tsunami. The principal of the school had contacted EMACE for help when they were left without a potable water supply. Our first contribution of just under £1000 paid for the complete installation of the supply, including pump, pipework and taps.

New Water Tap at Sithyvinayagar Maha School, Batticaloa

Realising how such a relatively small amount can go a long way in Sri Lanka, and having registered Life’s Essentials as a charity, we set about raising the money for our next project, to help complete the installation of a water and sanitation system at Hatigamuwa school, situated in one of the poorest and most arid farming areas in Sri Lanka. The installation provided piped water and toilets for the 350 children, where previously all water had to be drawn from the nearby village well.

Fund-raising disco at Oakham School

A substantial contribution to this project was raised by Oakham School in Rutland through a school disco, a non-uniform day and cash collections.

Sithyvinayagar Maha School, Batticaloa

These two successes gave us assurance of the potential for contributing to substantial improvements to the basic facilities in Sri Lankan schools by UK schools, resulting in the launch of the Essentials for Education – Sri Lanka project in 2008.

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