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In 2005 the Lasallian Foundation funded projects in India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan and Papua New Guinea. Details of our 2005 grants are listed below. For more information on these specific projects, click on the Country links.

INDIA  
Tsunami Relief  
Rebuilding of St Thomas Primary School, Nagapattinam $75,000
Replacement of school materials, St Thomas, Nagapattinam $8,500
Replacement of school materials, St Vincent De Paul School, Kanyakumari $8,500
   
Development Projects  
Child Sponsorship Girls Village and New Dawn Village, Madurai $30,000
Establishment of AIDS Orphanage, Madurai $40,000
Teacher specialist training, Tamil Nadu $8,000
   
SRI LANKA  
Tsunami Relief  
Tsunami relief – emergency meals and housing, Colombo $5,025
   
Development Projects  
Mannar School – rehabilitation Tamil Tiger child soldiers, and pre-school $8,000
Rebuilding BoysTown Ragama Social Centre $15,000
Mutwal Village, Colombo $3,000
Amazon Heart rebuilding shanty town housing $20,000
   
PAPUA NEW GUINEA  
Development Projects  
Hohola Port Moresby – sewing machines for vocational training $3,500
Kondiu Highlands water pumping equipment $1,500
Bomana Port Moresby Senior School – Educational materials $10,000
   
PAKISTAN  
Sanitation project, Kushpur Teacher Training Centre, Faisalabad $10,000
 
De La Salle Brothers Centenary Celebrations 2006
This year the De La Salle Brothers will celebrate 100 years since their initial foundation in Australia at Armidale, New South Wales. Special events will be held including Centenary Masses and a Centenary Celebration Ball.