The Trustees would like to thank Julian Blake and Adrian Vaughan who have spent considerable time collating and packaging a report that details the work that has been completed as a direct result of all of the contributors to the Friends of Unawatuna. Please take the time to review this report by clicking here Friends_Of_Unawatuna_Report.pdf

Unawatuna, 5km south east of Galle, Sri Lanka, was a thriving beach resort destroyed by the Asian Tsunami on the 26th of December 2004.

Many people in Unawatuna have lost every thing - families, homes and livelihoods. Friends of Unawatuna is a UK registered charity set up by tourist survivors of the tsunami as a long term project. The aim is to help the villagers rebuild the basic infrastructure necessary to allow them to reconstruct their lives.

The tsunami has dropped rapidly out of the news, but for the people of Unawatuna the situation remains largely unaltered. Immediate aid has ensured that essentials are provided and disease has been avoided, however much clearing up remains to be done.

Our long term goal is to fund rebuilding projects identified by the local community. In the interim we have been active in providing medium term assistence in a number of areas.

Please visit our new page here to keep updated with the projects of the Friends of Unawatuna.

To register your support and join our mailing list please email support@friendsofunawatuna.org.uk. If you have any pictures, survivors accounts, fundraising events, or any other info of interest please let us know!

Click here to view the current trustees of Friends of Unawatuna

Click here to view the Statement of Intent

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