Hello,
My name is Visaka. It’s a Sri Lankan name that Bhante Dhammika gave me when I first came to this wonderful country many years ago. I am a 75-year old woman, born in Vietnam and now living in the USA.
As our great teacher, the Buddha, said, life is a sea of sufferings. I have lived through and witnessed many kinds of human sufferings in the countries I visited in the past.
Feeling lots of pain and compassion for so many people in distress, I decided to quit my job in America at the age of 55 in order to devote my life to helping the poor and the disadvantaged no matter where they are in the world. Somehow, Sri Lanka was the only country that I fell in love with and I have been coming here several times to do charities works.
I came to Sri Lanka for the first time when I was 69 years old and met with Bhante Dhammika. The temple in his village had no running water for 50 years and no electricity for 25 years. Afterward, I have been staying in Sri Lanka for 3 years to improve the life of his Buddhist devotees. Caring for them and relieving their sufferings helped me tremendously in practicing the Buddha’s teaching and in growing my love and compassion for all human beings.
During those three years, I realized that the people who suffer the most are the poor, sick, and old village residents. Many of them are alone and live by themselves without any relative to take care of them. They are truly the poorest of the poor. To alleviate this very sad situation, I propose that we contribute to the building of a nursing home in the village of Govindupura for 60 people: 24 women, 24 men, and 12 monks.
Monks dedicate all their lives to the service of humanity. Yet, when they suffer from many illnesses in their old age, there are no facilities to help them adequately. Therefore, it is our humane duty to take good care of them together with other residents in our nursing home. Also, this is the least that we can do to show our appreciation and gratitude for their lifelong devotion to mankind and Buddhism.
I will help this project with a modest amount of money that I have previously saved in my working years. Of course, it will not be enough to realize this building. Thertefore, I invite everyone to contribute whatever he or she can to save those most in need.
This nursing home shall be named The Mission House of Sikhi and will charge no fees to the residents. This is no small enterprise and it may take quite some time and lots of efforts from all of us. But surely it will be completed with our determination and the Buddha’s blessings.
Birth, old age, sickness, and death are the four phases of human life, as the Buddha said. Our nursing home shall take care of the last three phases. This is a tremendous task that will require lots of work and commitment from all of us. We fervently ask you to continuously help us not only in the construction of the building but also in supporting us later in the daily tasks required to help the residents.
To offer your help, please contact Bhante Dhammika at his phone number (+94764888711) or his email address (vishakafoundationgpr@gmail.com). For updates about this project, you can also visit this website.
Bhante Dhammika and I greatly appreciate your consideration of this endeavor and look forward to working with you in helping the forgotten and neglected human beings living in our community.
The Vietnamese mother Trung Hieu Nguyen, who we have known for a long time and now lives in America, has devoted most of her life to the welfare of others, has helped the needy people in Chile and the needy people in Africa like a mother. At present, she has been directing her precious hands to our motherland for several years for a long time, the needy people of Monaragala area have been addressed. In association with a temple in that area, she has built two sixty-bed old people's homes and arrangements have been made to use the place for the benefit of the needy. Already hers Seeing what has been done for the helpless and the sick, one feels great compassion.
I think she performs these actions with pre-parametric power. Without that, it is impossible for us to heal the patients by rubbing their ugly hands on them. Therefore, the dedication of her to help the needy cannot be described in words. You can see a little of her dedication in these sent pictures. Her whole life is devoted to others. We are happy that her noble eyes are directed towards Sri Lanka. May she have strength, health, and happiness to do these things for a long time.
La mère vietnamienne Trung Hieu Nguyen, que nous connaissons depuis longtemps et qui vit maintenant en Amérique, a consacré la majeure partie de sa vie au bien-être des autres, à aider les nécessiteux du Chili et des nécessiteux d'Afrique comme une mère. À l'heure actuelle, elle dirige depuis plusieurs années ses précieuses mains vers notre pays Sri Lanka, les personnes dans le besoin de la région de Monaragala ont été prises en charge. En association avec un temple de la région, elle a construit deux maisons de retraite de soixante lits et des dispositions ont été prises pour utiliser les lieux au profit des nécessiteux. Déjà la sienne en voyant ce qui a été fait pour les démunis et les malades, on ressent une grande compassion.
Je pense qu'elle effectue ces actions avec une puissance pré-paramétrique. Sans cela, il nous est impossible de guérir les patients en leur frottant les vilaines mains. Par conséquent, son dévouement à aider les nécessiteux ne peut être décrit avec des mots. Vous pouvez voir un peu de son dévouement dans ces photos envoyées. Toute sa vie est consacrée aux autres. Nous sommes heureux que ses nobles yeux soient tournés vers le Sri Lanka. Puisse-t-elle avoir la force, la santé et le bonheur de faire ces choses pendant longtemps.
දිගු කලක සිට අපි දන්නා හදුනන දැනට ඇමරිකාවේ ජීවත්වන තම ජීවිතයේ වැඩි කොටසක් අනුන්ගේ යහපත වෙනුවෙන්ම කැප කළ වියට්නාම ජතික Trung Hieu Nguyen මාතාව, චිලි රටේ අසරණ වූ මිනිසුන්ට හා අප්රිකාවේ අසරණ වූ අයට මව් කෙනෙක් මෙන් පිහිට වී ඇත. මේ වන විට ඇයගේ පින්බර දෑත අප මාතෘ භූමිය වෙත යොමු කරමින් වසර කීපයක් තිස්සේ මොනරාගල ප්රදේශයේ අසරණ වූ අය වෙත යොමුවී ඇත. එම ප්රදේශයේ විහාරස්ථානයක් ඇසුරු කරගනිමින් එතුමිය ඇදන් හැටකින් යුත් වැඩිහිටි නිවාස දෙකක් ගොඩ නංවා ඇති අතර එම ස්ථානය ලගදීම අසරණ වූවන්ගේ යහපත වෙනුවෙන් යෙදවීමට කටයුතු යොදා ඇත.
දැනටමත් ඇයගේ සියතින් අසරණ වූ පිරිස හා රෝගී වූ අය වෙනුවෙන් සිදුකරණ දේ දුටුවිට ඇතිවන්නේ මහත් අනුකම්පාවකි. ඇය මේ ක්රියාවන් සිදු කරන්නේ පෙර පාරමිතා බලයකින්ය කියා මට සිතේ. එසේ නොමැතිව මේ අයුරින් රෝගීන්ගේ කැත කුණු අත ගාමින් ඔවුන් සුවපත් කිරීම අපට කළ නොහැකියි . එනිසා එතුමිය අසරණයන්ට පිහිට වීමට කරණ කැප කිරීම වචනයෙන් කියා විස්තර කළ නොහැකිය. මේ එවා ඇති පින්තූර වලින් ඇයගේ කැපවීමෙන් අල්ප මාත්රයක් ඔබට දැකගත හැකිය. ඇයගේ මුලු ජීවිතයම අනුන් වෙනුවෙන් කැපවී ඇත. ඇයගේ පින්බර දෙනෙත් ලංකාව වෙත යොමුවීම ගැන අප සතුටු වෙමු. මේ කටයුතු චිරාත් කාලයක් කරන්නට ඇයට ශක්තිය ධෛර්යය නිරෝගි සැප ලැබේවා .
Fully meet the needs of each resident while challenging them to the highest level of personal functionality in the tasks of daily living. We will strive for advancement in the physical, mental, and spiritual aspects of their lives.
Use the best nursing care, physical and occupational therapy, nutrition, exercise, as well as recreational and community building activities to enhance the lives of our residents.
Providing high-quality, personalized care in a warm environment and a cozy, countryside setting.
Knowing the needs and preferences of each resident.
Fostering an environment of loving compassionate care.
