To all those with a warm heart for Havonos we wish happy holidays and a prosperous 2025!

Also in 2024 we would like to thank you, all donors and interested parties in general; Supermarkets and their customers, our volunteers, for your valuable contribution to our projects in Sri Lanka. With your unwavering attention you have contributed your own bit to our work. Your support and attention are invaluable to us. Thank you very much for that and we hope that you will continue to support us in 2025.

For now, our attention is focused on providing emergency aid, now that the north of Sri Lanka is suffering from unimaginable natural disasters. Will you help? You can do this by making a direct donation to the Havonos foundation NL89RABO0120618923. Thanks in advance!

In 2025 we hope to be able to start new projects again, about which more in the news item later. 2025 is the year in which it will be 20 years ago that Havonos was founded. We would like to celebrate this together with you, so put March 23, 2025 in your agenda: sponsor dinner Havonos at Zwakenberg Raalte. We look forward to seeing you then!

In 2025 we hope to be able to start new projects again, about which more in the news item later. 2025 is the year in which it will be 20 years ago that Havonos was founded. We would like to celebrate this together with you, so put March 23, 2025 in your agenda: sponsor dinner Havonos at Zwakenberg Raalte. We look forward to seeing you then!

They are very grateful and sent you and us these wishes:

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July 2024

foto1anews72024It's incredible, but our previous news release really dates back to December 2023, which is more than half a year ago. Now it may seem that we have no news to report, but nothing could be further from the truth. Due to various circumstances, we did not get around to updating you earlier this year on what we are (or have been) working on. With this news item, we hope to make up for the lack of information somewhat. In this news item you will read about:

  • Visit of president Sieni Schouten and new board member Alinda Schiller to Sri Lanka
  • Status of current projects
  • Proceeds from violin action 2024 Soroptimist Club Raalte Nijverdal SallAnders
  • Expansion FAITH project with two sewing groups and two Palmyra groups
  • Wonderful donations from The Old Cash Register
  • Recognition for Father Ramesh
  • Youth has the future; will you lend a hand?

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December 2023

nieuwsjuli2023 01The year 2023 is already drawing to a close. Christmas and the turn of the year are just around the corner. Unbelievable how fast this year has gone by! In the previous news release, we already wrote that it had been a while since you heard from us. Now, if possible, that period has been even longer. So we have a lot to report and are off to a fast start. In this news item, you will read about:

  • Christmas in Sri Lanka
  • Great news from the learning/working farm in Iyakachchi
  • Enthusiasm at YEC and OBTEC: happy with course offerings
  • Enormously happy with solar (project with SEHH and Wilde Ganzen) and laptops donated by Rockids
  • Status of ongoing projects
  • Father Ramesh visited
  • New treasurer Erik Blom
  • Wonderful donations
  • Website www.havonos.nl updated


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July 2023

nieuwsjuli2023 01Time goes by very quickly and how long it has been since you last read one of our news items. For those who are a bit further away from Havonos, probably it seems like we are standing still, but nothing could be further from the truth! We are extremely busy with our projects and are achieving wonderful results we like to tell you about. Our chairman Sieni, together with new board member Geert van Ommen and his wife Ditty, also went to Sri Lanka in May. They were extensively updated on the ongoing and new projects. Naturally, they also visited the projects. More on that later.
In this newsletter you will read about:

  • FAITH: a project by Father Ramesh to be proud of
  • Former board member Mirjam van den Berg's visit to Anna's Home
  • The current situation in Sri Lanka
  • A first report of the visit to Sri Lanka in May

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February 2023

Afbeelding1The year 2023 is almost 2 months away and we are enjoying the first signs of spring. We are really getting ready for that, how about you? And even though the year is just beginning, a lot has already happened in the world. Of course, the earthquakes in Turkey and Syria have not escaped our attention. Terrible images and we sympathize with the victims and the bereaved.
In this newsletter you will read about:

  • The current situation in Sri Lanka
  • The installation of the new Provincial OMI, Father Jeyanthan
  • The festive presentation of diplomas to students who participated in an OBTEC course
  • The status of the construction of the clinic in Batticaloa
  • Our projects, including the new project with Wilde Ganzen
  • Violet action 2023 of the soroptimists for Anna’s Home

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