Hinu makes her home with her father and her mother. Carrying water, buying or selling in the market and helping in the kitchen are her household duties. Her father is employed and her mother is employed. There are 3 children in the family.
For fun, Hinu enjoys playing house, art and playing with dolls. She attends Vacation Bible School regularly and is in primary school where her performance is average.
Please remember Hinu in your prayers. Your love and support will help her to receive the assistance she needs to grow and develop.
Hinu lives in the mountainous community of Venture, home to approximately 4,200 residents. Typical houses are constructed of cement or clay floors, brick walls and tin or asbestos sheet roofs.
The regional diet consists of rice and rotti (thick pancake made of flour). Common health problems in this area include respiratory illnesses and tuberculosis. Most adults work as day laborers, subsistence farmers, in factories or on plantations and earn the equivalent of $77 per month. This community needs scholastic materials, adult literacy education, English classes, libraries, employment opportunities and income-generating activities.
Your sponsorship allows the staff of Best Life Social Service Community to provide Hinu with Bible teaching, daily physical exercises, nutritious meals, hygiene and health education, environmental cleanliness education, etiquette training, educational field trips, talent development, tutoring, music, art, computer courses and sewing classes.
Sri Lanka is an island located just south of India in the Indian Ocean. The terrain is made up of low-lying plains, although there is a mountainous region in the southern part of the island. Because of the tropical location, Sri Lanka experiences an extremely rainy climate, with monsoons in the northeast from December to March and monsoons in the southwest from June to October.
The majority of Sri Lankans are Sinhalese, although a small percentage of the population is also made up of Moors and Tamil. Sinhala is the official language, the other national language being Tamil. Although English is used in the government, only 10% of the population speaks English. Buddhism is the dominant religion practiced by 69% of Sri Lankans, while a small minority practice Islam, Hinduism and Christianity. As Sri Lanka is located in close proximity to major shipping routes in the Indian Ocean, much of the economy consists of exporting goods. More than half of Sri Lanka's exports are textiles and garments. Many Sri Lankans work abroad, mainly in the Middle East.
In the 16th and 17th centuries, the island was controlled first by the Portuguese and then the Dutch. Sri Lanka celebrated its independence in 1948 although at that time it was known as Ceylon; it was not known as Sri Lanka until 1972. Beginning in 1983, the Sinhalese majority and the Tamil minority fought an ethnic war that lasted for more than two decades. Efforts by Norway in 2002 to broker a peace agreement between the government and Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in early 2008 were unsuccessful, and the conflict continued until May of 2009, when the government defeated the LTTE, finally bringing resolution to the longstanding unrest.
Map of Sri Lanka
Child's Location: Southeast of Norwood