MicroAid Repairs the Nagakanni Family Home — 2010
Mrs. Nagakanni’s husband, a fisherman, had been abducted by the LTTE and then imprisoned for seven years. He was away when the tsunami...
Samoa Update January 2011
Talofa Everyone I want to thank you for all the great emails and words of support while I was on the fact-finding mission in Samoa. . ....
Samoa Update December 2010
Well, I am two thirds of the way through the fact-finding mission to Samoa. As you know, they had a devastating tsunami in 2009...
Update September 2010
Hello MicroAid supporters. I hope this note finds you happy, healthy, and secure. I have been laying the groundwork for disaster recovery...
Back from Sri Lanka
I am happy to report that I am back from Sri Lanka having completed all the post-disaster recovery projects we set out to do. As you...
Sri Lanka April 2010 Update
Can’t remember when it started, but the Soodin kids now call me “Jon-uncle.” So sweet, really, as long as they don’t start calling me,...
Sri Lanka Project Update March 2010
It’s funny how once you fix one thing in your house it can spur a host of other home-improvement projects. When we started to install the...
A Village in the Jungle
After a few days in hot, smoggy, congested Colombo, the capital city on the edge of the Indian Ocean, I headed south to the first...
Sri Lanka February 2010 Update
I am very happy to report that thanks to our donors and board of directors we have raised enough money to help a few of the remaining...
November 2009 Update
Hello everyone: I just wanted to let you know that MicroAid is moving forward despite these tough economic times, and the difficulties...