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How it all started…
On 26th December 2004, The whole of South Asia experienced the worst ever natural catastrophe that left thousands of families homeless in Sri Lanka.
Mr.Nilmin Nanayakkara the Managing Director of Insight resort was at the hotel with his board of directors on this fateful day.Our board members felt indebted to villagers of Ahangama for rescuing and evacuating guests of this hotel inspite of bearing the grief and sorrow of loosing their kith & kin. This unforgettable sight penetrated into the heart & mind of our Managing Director who immediately came forward with a plan to help the needy in the village of Ahangama not only by re-establishing the hotel and offering jobs but also by helping the villagers in all possible ways. Plans were made to offer 25 houses to the village folk who had lost everything they had.Behind this humanitarian project is Nkar Travels & Tours (Pvt ) Ltd, which is a sister company of Insight,where Mr.Nilmin Nanayakkara is also the MD.
The Tsunami effect on Ahangama
No of deaths - 116
No of displaced families - 1129
No of displaced people - 4490
No of fully destroyed houses - 275
No of partly destroyed houses - 448
No of displaced children - 710
No of destroyed schools - 3
No of missing - 9
The need of the hour…
NKAR within days embarked on distributing dry rations to the villagers.
Distributing clothes provided by our overseas partners…
With the entire world knowing the catastrophe our overseas partners in business responded generously and spontaneously.
A shipment of clothes and shoes was sent for distribution.
How Nkar & Insight staff got involved in distributing goods…
A gesture from NKAR staff for the Sinhala / Hindu New year in 2005 April.
A pack of dry rations to these homeless village folk to celebrate the new year in their own humble way.
The Company’s desire to help people of Ahangama with the assistance of our business partners overseas,
Nkar Travels & Tours ( Pvt ) Ltd launched the “Back to Life” resheltering programme.
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