On December 26th, it will be 8 years since the Asian Tsunami when Della and Don were on the beach in Sri Lanka, and Della was prevented from drowning by a fisherman.
Since then, with the support of so many people, Della and Don and their friends and family have returned to Sri Lanka over 20 times to help the people they met during that awful time.
After 8 years they are still doing what they can and now have a number of projects all of which some of you have helped support and about which you can read at www.fodad.co.uk
Our original aim at the end of this year was to launch an appeal to buy a new boat for the fishermen and we are very fortunate in that Della’s publishing colleagues at ALPSP have already collected over half the money we need to purchase and equip a fishing boat which will help keep the village self-
This year, most of us have either experienced or witnessed how nature, in no time at all can play havoc with peoples' lives and we understand how difficult it is to make choices about where to donate money.
If you do help us, please be assured that every single penny we collect will go directly to the people who need it and will benefit from it. We pay all our own costs; have no staff, no middle-
Wherever you are, we hope you have a happy and peaceful holiday.
Della & Don
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