OSMTH and The Interdenominational Church of the Holy Lands Plans a Safer Future for Sri Lankan Tsunami Orphans and the Disabled

For Immediate Release

London, UK: As the world comes to terms with the Tsunami disaster and the tears shed for those that were lost begin to dry on the cheeks of those left behind, let us not lose faith but rather learn from the great response to the call that sounded around the world and transcended all religious and political boundaries.

We have witnessed the world coming together in a great act of global fellowship in support of those in need without question, the spirit in each and every one of us was called to come to the aid of those that have lost so much, but we must not sit on our laurels and let those terrible media images fade from our memory.

With so much devastation left in the wake of the tidal wave, we need to remember not only the broken bodies but also the broken families and orphaned children that have been left with nothing more than memories of their parents. It is hard to imagine the desolation of these orphans, children that had very little to begin with, having everything torn away from them, with many hundreds of these orphans already falling prey to unconscionable characters that trade in infant bodies.

The aftermath media footage of the hospitals also reveals another grim picture. The lack of immediate care left many people with gangrene in their wounds. Many have become amputees in a culture where one relies on their manual skills to live, and losing limbs has guaranteed their future position in life as nothing more than street beggars. Some chose amputation, to live and face this bleak future, but many have lost the will to live and chose to die rather than become beggars, a choice made not out of pride but because they feel useless.

Archbishop Gary asked "How can the world fight for rights in employment or justice, when the sacredness of human life is not vigorously defended?'

The OSMTH and the Interdenominational church propose to offer training programmes concentrating on amputees with a view to employing many in the physical and administrative process of building, establishing and running the proposed orphanage.

The Most Reverend Gary Beaver has agreed that the OSMTH and Interdenominational Church will commence a major fundraising campaign with plans to build a large, secure orphanage in Sri Lanka, a place where orphans will be given the comfort, warmth, education, life preparation, with the care and protection to which all human beings are entitled.

The joint charity and church campaign feels that neither children nor adults should be at the mercy of the streets, and we need much aid in building this envisioned safe future.

Archbishop Gary Beaver of the Interdenominational church closed with our Christ's words; "Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto Me."