Patchwork is set up to provide assistance for people with disabilities, who have been affected by war. It seeks to be a leading development and advocacy organisation that provides emergency assistance and brings issues concerning persons with disabilities to the forefront.
To donate, contact:
Uma Raj: +61 420 791 739
E-mail: info@patchwork.org.au
The money raised will be used to assist at least 3,000 children in Vavuniya in the country's north, where the majority of the displaced are located.
ChildFund Australia CEO Nigel Spence says: "These children are already traumatised by what they've endured in the conflict - hiding in trenches to escape shelling, seeing family members killed and witnessing the destruction of their homes. Now they are having to adjust to life in the camps where there is a severe lack of food, water, healthcare and sanitation, and little or no access to education.