Vaazhvaham; Home for the visually handicappad is in Chunnakam in Jaffna and teaching through brail. Apart from these children there are more children who are visually handicapped due to malnutrition.There are 25 children currently staying there. Miss. Annaluxmy Sinnathamby stared this home in 1972 for visually handicapped people. From 1988 onwards she started to accommodate children, who lost their eyesight due war. This home has basic facilities for the children. This home needs more funds to buy brail papers and typewriters.

Niranjana Thiruppathinathan (10 years), who went to her house in Udduththurai in Vadamarachchi East died in tsunami. She joined Vaazhvaham when she was three years old, according to Miss. Annaluxmy Sinnathamby.

For more information:
Vaazhvaham: Home for the visually handicapped
Sabapathipillai Lane, Maruthanarmadam,Chunnakam
Jaffna.

Registration # 11/04/07/2147/89- 22.11.1989
Bank-Bank of Ceylon, Stanley Road Branch, Jaffna.
Account # C500-01-1104-2

If you have any friends, who can contribute some money, please ask them to do so. They publish annual report.

These three children from the same family in Kurunagar, became blind afterplaying with a sea mine-2 boys and a girl. Their father who is a fishermanbrought a device from the sea9 got caught in the fishing net), when he wentfor fishing in 1994.Their mother cleaned and washed this device in warmwater. And the children started to play with it for three months. One day15 years old Raveendrabalan Lembert Raveendran hit the sea shells with thisdevice and it exploded. He lost his right hand elbow and his lefteyesite. His elder brother lost his right eyesight and his younger sister Mary Stella Raveendrabalan lost both her eyesight and toes.

Raveendrabalan Gnanseelan (17 Years), Raveendrabalan Lembert Raveendran (15years) and their sister Mary Stella Raveendrabalan (13years).

Selvanayagam Sasiraj (14years) lost both his eyesight in 1995 Navaly church bombing. He lived near to that church and he lost his mother on the spot.

Raveendran.

Gnanaseelan

Mary Stella

From left to right, Mary stella Raveendrabalan, Raveendrabalan Lembert Raveendran; on right down is Selvanayagam Sasiraj.