In brief

"Ceylon Direkthilfe" means to help Sri Lanka "on demand". As the needs shows up. Like the circumstances force to act. As soon the heart is alerted and the mind is inspirated.

As a fundamental policy we decide "by the heart" or faith in our intuitive feeling. We avoid long-term and complicate investigations or formal selections. We do what the chance as our guardian angel is showing us. We do everything, what is possible. And we try hard to make possible, what must be done.

" 1 % aid achieves more
   than 100 % compassion "

Mission The more this world becomes a real global village, the more we are one family to stay together. Who feels that souls are stimulated even they are 'strange cultures', knows that it is our duty or even our designation to spend aid if somebody is in trouble. Doesn't matter his religion, age, color or nationality.

& Vision We focus this very strong believing on the wonderful island of Sri Lanka, which is a place for us where we found to ourself. We pay respect to this country by supporting disabled and poor people to help themself mastering their life. We help those, who are willing to help theirself and of course those, who are not able to do. With several start up programms concerning learning, living, working we attend them on their first and further steps.
 

" Don't share the sorrows. Share your furtune. "

contact

Mr. Carl-Heinz Beier
Mrs. Marita Messmer-Beier

info@ceylon-direkthilfe.org

postal address:

Felder Weg 7
D-42799 Leichlingen
Germany

As it has been once before

Faced with the pictures of thousands and thousands dead bodies, the debris covering former pretty properties, gardens, parks und fields, roads and other spots, we estimate, the process of rebuildung and  reconstruction will take a few years; even a decade.  Aid, support, help, encouragement is not only a need of today. Not only a short interlude. It is a task for many over many years. We ask you to keep this in mind.

The world's most famous symbol of a Tsunami became reality. A terrific one.

background

We have been running this aid organization for Sri Lanka for the last 25 years. It was founded and established in Germany and is a registered NGO in the EU and Germany.

It has a dual mission: on the one hand it runs a center for handicapped children in the interior of the country, but has over the years also built a total of 600 houses for poor people, 100 of which are located along the coast - houses that have now all been destroyed.

We have currently issued an appeal for as much money as possible to rebuild the destroyed coastal homes and have received a bit more than 100,000 so far. The money will be spent on rebuilding the houses and providing basic furniture. In the existing centre for handicapped children, Tsunami affected victims and orphaned children will be taken in. We also plan on allocating some of  the resources to other priority rebuilding efforts in the country that will be identified when we visit Sri Lanka for 5 weeks just now.
 

With only 2 employees in Germany, CDH has low administrative overheads and as it is committed to the long-term reconstruction of the country, rather than immediate crisis relief, CDH provides an alternative to current international relief organizations (CARE, OXFAM, etc.) operating in the country. CDH operates through a local partner organization with whom we have worked for last 20 years, who is responsible for in-country project implementation and oversight.