Nazlia is a housewife with 3 children. Fathima is one of them who is a 12 year old girl with a learning difficulty. She follows the special education programme at Chitra Lane School for the Special Child. She travels to school from her home in Paliyagoda. Nazlia’s husband works as a labourer and doesn’t have a permanent employment. Shamila’s elder sister is employed at a garment factory and the younger sister is 2 years old. Shamila’s grandfather also lives with them.

It is at this juncture that The Ahava Foundation stepped in to help this family.  The Foundation took upon itself to repair and restore their home by lifting the walls of their home and putting a new roof,

Extending  the kitchen roof to make it more comfortable for cooking for Nazlia. Installing a brand new door and raising the floor of the house (as a prevention against future flooding).  Below are the photos after this house was repaired.  The works done were:

• Filling the floor level and raising it higher
• Extending the walls of the house higher,  so that the kitchen area too had a reasonable height

(formerly,  when the mother stood in the kitchen the roof was almost touching her head!)

• New roofing sheets were installed ( where the roof was blown off in the toilet and kitchen areas).
• New door was installed.