£10 x 300 = house for Chamindu

Fundraising campaign by Monika Subrtova
  • £3,010.00
    raised of £3,000.00 goal goal
100% Funded
237 Donors
Raised offline: £152.00
Total: £3,162.00
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Can we save Chamindu's house? And the lush banana garden with a huge mango tree? We truly hope we can. All we need is to find 300 hundred kind-hearted people willing to contribute £10 to the collection to buy his house back.

We met Chamindu during our travels in Sri Lanka. It was him, who showed us the first wild crocodile we saw during our trip and also a number of tropical birds living freely at a beautiful lake in Tissa, right near his house.

We liked Chamindu very much from the start and he has become our close friend who we are in touch with every day. Chamindu is a 20 year old boy, very friendly, kind hearted and intelligent but his life has not been easy as he comes from a very poor family and his father is an alcoholic.

Two weeks ago his father sold their house, most likely to pay off his debts or to buy more alcohol. This devastating news reached Chamindu right at the time when he was studying for his final exams in French due to take place at the end of this month.

The house, with the small banana garden at the back and an old mango tree mean a lot to Chamindu and he is desperate to get it back. He has sought out the help of a lawyer and signed an agreement with the new owner who agreed to sell the house back to him for the same amount his farther sold it, 600.000 LKR (£3000). The agreement gives Chamindu time until mid-June to find the money for his house.

As he comes from a very poor family, it is virtually impossible for him to put all this money together. We would like to help Chamindu get his house back and came up with the idea of finding 300 people willing to contribute £10 to his house.

Dear friends, we need you and your help to make this dream come true.

Thank you very much

Monika and Daniel


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Donors

£10.00
  • Andrej Kabal
  • Donated on Jun 11, 2015
  • finish him!

£10.00
  • Marek
  • Donated on Jun 11, 2015
£10.00
Jun 18

THE BIGGEST UPDATE !!!

Update posted by Monika Subrtova at 01:12 pm

Dear All,Such a pleasure and so much excitement to share this big news with you! Chamindu has just become the legal owner of the house ;) He and the seller have exchanged and completed the contracts and the transfer of the property has been registered with the land registry. Such. . . . .

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Jun 12

UPDATE 1

Update posted by Monika Subrtova at 03:11 pm

Dear All,We would like to let you know that all the money collected is now on its way to Chamindu's brand new bank account ;)))In the meantime he has contacted the lawyer who will start putting the contract together next week. More updates to follow ? :-)M & D

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Jun 11

WE HAVE MADE IT !!!

Update posted by Monika Subrtova at 09:29 pm

Dear Friends, WE HAVE MADE IT !!! We really have! With the generous and honest help of EACH OF YOU we have achieved something Big. What initially started as a dream has now become real. All of us together, strengthened by belief and good will to help, made a piece. . . . .

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Jun 09

It is C H A M I N D U ?s . B I R T H D A Y today

Update posted by Monika Subrtova at 10:26 am

Dear All,Today is a big day. It is C H A M I N D U ?s . B I R T H D A Y, yay! He is turning 20 and we are so happy to let you know that right today, on this special day, we have reached. . . . .

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Jun 07

~ M E S S A G E . F R O M . C H A M I N D U ~

Update posted by Monika Subrtova at 09:09 am

Dear All, Chamindu has asked us to leave the following message for you: Dear Friends, Please accept My heartiest �nd warmest thank for being part of My life which was leading to a horrible terminus. I appreciate all Your efforts to get my small house back, �nd truley IM so. . . . .

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Jun 06

our favourite photos of CHAMINDU

Update posted by Monika Subrtova at 11:06 pm

Dear All, We would like to share with you some of our favourite photos of CHAMINDU. We do not have too many but these are the ones we particularly like :)M & DChamindu in his school uniform when he was a small kid "The moment I took the certificate for

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Jun 04

�1000 IS THERE !!!

Update posted by Monika Subrtova at 02:22 pm

YAY!!! Scream of joy ! We have reached our first and perhaps most significant milestone! �1000 IS THERE!!! Thank you all for your generous contributions! This is a huge success for all of us! You really are helping to make this dream come true!Let?s keep on spreading the word by

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Jun 04

Misha, thank you!

Update posted by Monika Subrtova at 09:48 am

We would like to say a huge !!! THANK YOU !!! to our dear friend Misha Chmelickova for designing the banner for us and Chamindu. Thank you Misha very much! Without your help this campaign would not be as beautiful as it is!M & D

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Jun 03

Photos of Chamindu's house and garden

Update posted by Monika Subrtova at 11:53 am

Dear All,Here's a few pictures from Chamindu's house and garden. We thought it might be a good idea to show you what the house we are trying to save looks like :)M & DChamindu as a young boy with his mum in front of their house. His mum is trying

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Jun 03

Thank you!

Update posted by Monika Subrtova at 09:34 am

BIG BIG THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU who have been able to contribute to our effort to save Chamindu's house. So far we have raised over �700 in just two days, which is absolutely amazing !!!There is still quite a journey ahead of us ;). Please, if you can

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Donors & Comments

237 donors
£10.00
  • Andrej Kabal
  • Donated on Jun 11, 2015
  • finish him!

£10.00
  • Marek
  • Donated on Jun 11, 2015
£10.00
  • Alan Bracey
  • Donated on Jun 11, 2015
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£10.00
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  • Donated on Jun 11, 2015
£10.00
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  • Donated on Jun 10, 2015
£5.00
  • David O'Connor
  • Donated on Jun 10, 2015
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£30.00
  • Raymond Goslitski
  • Donated on Jun 10, 2015
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£3,010.00
raised of £3,000.00 goal
100% Funded
237 Donors
Raised offline: £152.00
Total: £3,162.00