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Dear Friends and Family of Fridsro,

We are always happy to hear your questions, comments and ideas so please do not hesitate to contact us if you want to - our contact

As always we are so thankful for your prayers and giving that enable us to do the work that we do for the people of Sri Lanka. We could not

On behalf of everyone at Fridsro,

Lorena

I S S U E 3 : D ec em b er 2009

We are the end of another year. Another year of serving and caring for the children and destitute of Sri Lanka. As we reflect back on this year we are again humbled by Gods incredible provision and by all our friends who have stepped up to help us in so manyways. We are thankful for all of you and as we go into this season of peace and goodwill we pray that the peace process in Sri Lankawill continue and that all those affected by the war will be comforted and find the peace that they have longed for.

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We have exciting news from the Children's home! Mid-November we had 13 new children join us, placed by the social services

We will continue to keep you updated on everything. If you are interested in having one of us or our staff members speak at your Church orschool, organization or fundraiser please send me an e-mail and we will do our best to accomodate your request.

We wish you God's best and are so excited to see what God has in store for all of us in the coming year!

MERRY CHRISTMAS and SEASONS GREETINGS!

They are all under the age of 5, and one 8 year old We are so happy to have them and our staff have been busier than usual, we are A bit crowded but they are all settling down well and keeping us on our toes! We are again humbled that we are able to be God's

information is on the last page of this update or please feel free to contact me directly at lorena@fridsro.org

do the work we do without friends and family like you are we are grateful both for your prayers and material support.

hand of love outstreched to these little ones. There is more information and pictures on the following pages.

about. As you go about your preperations this Christmas please share a thought with our kids, so far away,

I remember...

shared, you gave, you sponsored. Merry Christmas.and yet, celebrating like you - love, hope, joy and the birth of our Saviour. Many of them there because you.

Maybe not your typical Christmas, but perfect all the same becuase it exemplified what Christmas was

As a kid, growing up in Fridsro I remember Christmas as a magical time. Presents, food, fireworks.. After having moved to the West and with everything I see around me I often think back on those times Where the kids in the Childrens Home had so little and yet so much. The joy and the expectationwere like all your kids and yet, many Christmases they only recieved one present each. The currychicken Christmas lunch was the best! The little oil lamps lit along the driveway and the sound ofsomeone singing Sinhalese Christmas Carols in the background while we ran around in the warmtropical night, playing games and lighting firecrackers in the dark while the crickets made chirping noises..

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Our precious new family members.

This is the largest amount of children we have ever taken in at one time, afact that makes it challenging for us logistically but even more exciting and .blessed.When hearing the stories of these children our hearts break - absued, deserted, mistreated. No one should have to experience in a life time whatthese little ones have experienced in just a few short years. We are humbled that God chose us to care for and love them.

We need to buy bed, re-furnish and re-fit our dorms so that we canprovide our new kids with a safe and secure environment.The immediate need is for 3000 dollars to re-do our dorms to makeroom for them.

We need 10 dollars per child to help buy them Christmas gift and 10dollars per child in our home (we now have 89) to give them a Christmas party. This is a special time of year and we want to make itextra special for our new and enlarged (and improved!) family!

Please consider helping us to meet these needs so we can be the hand of God outstretched to these the least in human eyes but the greatest in the kingdom ofGod. You can donate through our donations page on our site or by check - please visit www.fridsro.org for more details and click on the "donate now" button.

Niro, Shalini and Dilani were selected by the Ministry of Sports to participate in a special training program for promising athletes. We are so proud of them.

and was selected by the sponsoring Environmental Board to do a day trip andmaterials.

If you have ideas or would like to know more about the programs our kids are involved with please contact us - we are always looking for partners

Check us out on Facebook!Search "Fridsro Projects" and add us as a fan so that we can keep in touch with you and communicatewith you more easily!

URGENT NEEDS:

sketch a particular water resevoir for possible use in their promotional

Our kids will be singing Christmas Carols at the Bogambara Prison and for children in other orphanages and old people's homes this Christmas.It is always something they enjoy and brings blessings to those they minister to.

Mekala participated in an art competition where she placed highly in the district

All our kids are unique with unique giftings and we are thrilled and happy when they find their passion and are able to pursue it.

with ideas and passion to partner with us as our kids grow and develop.

OTHER NEWS FROM OUR KIDS

OUR NEW FAMILY MEMBERS

lives, we have endeavored to be the voice for them in their communities and at the national level.

If you are interested in partnering with us and would like to make a donation, please see below:

UNITED STATES

Organization for Children as a 501(c)3 organization. Your donations are fully tax-deductible to the extent

allowable by law. Send check to the U.S. address. Make checks payable to WorldROC.

SRI LANKA

send checks to the address in Sri Lanka. Make checks payable to Fridsro.

SWEDEN

send checks to the address in Sweden. Make checks payable to Fridsro.

In Sweden: Postgiro 73 05 48 - 5

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In the U.S.: WorldROC is registered under World Relief In Sri Lanka & Asia: In Europe:

255 Peredeniya Rd, Kandy Hembygdsgatan 4 Tel: (081) 4473468 828 32 Edsbyn, Sweden

Fax: (081) 2215295 Tel: +46 27122568

WorldROC Headquarters Sri Lanka Missionen

Las Vegas, NV 891083157 N. Rainbow Blvd. #234

Tel: (702) 481 5178

We are excited to be working with the Child Protection Services of Sri Lanka to launch a new program that is based on the CommunityRehabilitation Project (CBR) Model that has been so successful and reached over 1 million people with disabilities in Sri Lanka, dependanton a workforce of over 14,000 volunteers among others.

In the initial phase of this program we will use the same model of involving the community to reach and help 50 families who are in danger of having their children institutionalized as a result of extreme poverty. Although we love and enjoy all of the kids staying with us, we recognize that removing these kids from their home environment is not the ideal solution. Instead, this program will help parents andguardians with practical resources and advice so that they will be able to change their circumstances through sustainable methodsand thus care for their children. The project will help with training, business ideas and implementation for these families so that they will not have to be separated from their children while involving the community and making the community in which they live partners in this endeavor.

We are very excited at the launch of this project since we strongly believe that this model will be the future of sustainable, practical and interactive aid instead of the more passive model.

It also helps us use all the knowledge and insight that we have received and learnt from the CBR project and translate it into yet another area - together we are not only changing lives but societal systems and practical aid structures.

NEW COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE

DONATIONS

The launch of the new program