{"id":3006,"date":"2019-01-16T08:57:17","date_gmt":"2019-01-16T07:57:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2026.ardentis.ch\/humanitarian-action-in-sri-lanka\/"},"modified":"2026-04-10T21:41:24","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T19:41:24","slug":"humanitarian-action-in-sri-lanka","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/2026.ardentis.ch\/en\/blog\/humanitarian\/humanitarian-action-in-sri-lanka\/","title":{"rendered":"Humanitarian Action in Sri Lanka"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"207\">Meet Renuja Paramalingam, dental assistant at Ardentis dental clinics EPFL and Morges, who is part of the \u201cPaalam Children\u2019s Home\u201d association and has just returned from a humanitarian trip to Sri Lanka.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"209\" data-end=\"497\"><em>From December 17 to January 7, I took part in a humanitarian trip with the \u201cPaalam Children\u2019s Home\u201d association. This organization was founded in Irupalai, Sri Lanka, and is led by the Christian community \u201cNew Life Ministries\u201d, headed by two women pastors, Jenny Sinnadurai and Karen Dey.<\/em><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"499\" data-end=\"694\"><em>We care for children who lost their parents during the civil war, the 2004 tsunami, or those abandoned due to poverty. We support them through donations and provide them with access to education.<\/em><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"696\" data-end=\"856\"><em>Thanks to the support of the Ardentis group, we were able to organize dental hygiene awareness sessions as well as distribute hygiene materials to the children.<\/em><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"696\" data-end=\"856\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ardentis.ch\/app\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Renuja_Orphelinat.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-10703 entered lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ardentis.ch\/app\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Renuja_Orphelinat-768x576.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ardentis.ch\/app\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Renuja_Orphelinat-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ardentis.ch\/app\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Renuja_Orphelinat.jpg 1600w\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"576\" data-lazy-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ardentis.ch\/app\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Renuja_Orphelinat-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ardentis.ch\/app\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Renuja_Orphelinat.jpg 1600w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.ardentis.ch\/app\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Renuja_Orphelinat-768x576.jpg\" data-ll-status=\"loaded\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"858\" data-end=\"916\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">You can visit the association\u2019s website by clicking:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/phoenixcommunity.org\/charity\/paalam-childrens-home-new-home-project\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Meet Renuja Paramalingam, dental assistant at Ardentis dental clinics EPFL and Morges, who is part of the \u201cPaalam Children\u2019s Home\u201d association and has just returned from a humanitarian trip to Sri Lanka. 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