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Assist International in Sri Lanka:
Sri Lanka is a lower-middle income developing nation with a gross domestic product of about $25.8 billion. This translates into a per capita income of $1,355. It is a country that has suffered ethnic violence and civil war for the past twenty years.
As the world knows, the Asian tsunami killed 48,000 children and adults. There was mass destruction of homes, towns, schools and most buildings on the coast.
Assist International sent containers of toys, children's clothing and shoes to the victims of the Asian tsunami. Within a couple of months, four water purification systems designed by General Electric were placed in three villages and one orphan village. These systems are providing purified water for up to 20,000 people a day.
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With the help of the Haynes Charitable Foundation, Assist International was able to donate to Asiana Education Development (AED) $30,000 for the building of the school for the Tangelle District of Sri Lanka.
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In partnership with Rotary clubs, Assist funded the installation of neo natal and pediatric full perimeter cardiac care monitors in the Lady Ridgeway children's hospital.
A team of biomedical engineers and cardiology teachers from Salinas Valley Memorial Health Care Systems worked with Assist International to install a 5 bed critical care/intensive care monitoring system and a 6 bed recovery room intensive care monitoring system at the General Hospital of Ratnapura.
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Area: 25,332 sq. mi.; about the size of West Virginia
Capital: Colombo (1.3 million)
Population: 19.8 million
Government: Republic
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