Lions are Everyday Heroes

Nalin Fernando West Hempstead Lions Club

Before the TsunamiMount Lavinia Hotel, Sri Lanka

After the Tsunami

Receding waters: Kalutara Beach, Sri Lanka

After the Tsunami

After the Tsunami

Actions Following the Tsunami

Dec. 27th 2004:– Vice President Al Brandel reached out – He offered to help with tsunami relief – Lions Clubs International Foundation can

expedite an emergency grant

Temporary Housing

After the Tsunami

December 26th – 31st, 2004

Sri Lanka: 46,000>Indonesia: 94,081India: 9,575Thailand: 4,500Maldives: 81Malaysia: 66Burma: 59Bangladesh: 2Somalia: 114Kenya: Seychelles: 3Tanzania: 10

CNN.COM Jan 3rd .2005

CONFIRMED DEATH TOLL

•A country linked in sorrow and mourning

•A community unified to aid the tsunami victims

Local companies donating food Households donating canned and dry goods

•Local Lions front and center

The Rise of the Everyday Hero

-Vice President Al Brandel and Council Chair Andy Umreiko met with UNICEF

Analyzing RFQ from Sri Lanka to US Mission for Tents???

United Nations and Lions Clubs International

Sri Lanka – New York Friendship House

New York – January 2005

• West Hempstead & Rockville Centre Lions Clubs in New York had a joint meeting

• Together they donated funds to build a house in Sri Lanka as part of their Tsunami Relief effort

New York – February 2005

• Spoke to young children at the Waldorf School of Garden City

• Explained how the Waldorf School of Garden City could participate

Waldorf School – May 2005

• Waldorf students organized a fund-raising basketball tournament

• The funds raised were enough to donate a house

• Additionally, $2,000 was donated as a educational scholarship to the children in the house

THANK YOU!Nalin Fernando

West Hempstead Lions Club

Lions are Everyday Heroes