Name and Address	Volunteer Teams that Worked on House	Homeowner Quotes
S. W. Disilin of Balapitiya	Credit Suisse, HBOS Reuters, Serco	When the tsunami hit, I felt so helpless because my mother was sick and paralyzed and I also cared for my handicapped brother.  Then the volunteers sprang into action and made us a home.  I have great regard for them because they not only built us a house; they also looked after my partially blind mother like their own mum.  They helped us buy her expensive medications, milk and other things we needed.  They showed us love and kindness, and I will never forget them.  I pray for them every day.
S. H. Kusumadasa of Balapitiy	HBOS, Reuters	When we were stranded and helpless the Charity Challenge teams came and were our salvation.  We no longer felt isolated in this world.  We are grateful to them for providing us a Habitat home to live in, in peace and harmony.
M. Surendra Perera or Balapitiya	HBOS, Reuters	We felt so helpless.  We never imagined we’d get this Habitat home—not just a roof, but also the kindness and brotherhood of the volunteers who made this.  We are still grateful to them.
M. Piyasiri De Soyza of Balapitiya	CEO Team, HBOS	When the volunteers worked on my home, I realized I was no longer alone in this world.  It was like the entire world came to help and share our sadness.
P. S. De Silva of Balapitiya	CEO Team, Diageo, Serco	What a great service the volunteers did in making my Habitat home!  We were in a desperate situation without even any help from our own people.  But they came to share our sadness, and we are so thankful to them.
P. Kamaladevi of Balapitya	Credit Suisse, HBOS,  Reuters	It was a desperate situation.  I was alone with my three daughters, without my husband.  Then we were so excited to find out we were getting a Habitat house, and what a wonderful memory when the volunteers came from all different parts of the world and showed us real humanity.   They made my home with love and caring.
A. M. H. Mohomad Rifai of Balapitiya	CEO Team, Credit Suisse, Diageo, HBOS, Serco	We were shown such humanity by the volunteers.  They cared for us like we were their own family, and it helped heal the sadness in our hearts.
Anula Munasinhe of Balapitiya	Credit Suisse, Diageo, HBOS, Serco	The presence of the Habitat volunteers is always in our home and our minds.  They sacrificed their valuable time and came from far destinations; they mended the wounds in our hearts with their kindness and humanity.  My two children and I didn’t feel alone in this world anymore.
Muditha De Silva of Balapitiya	Credit Suisse, HBOS, Reuters, Serco	When the volunteers came, finally we were not all alone.  They are our great friends, and their help and presence are such a relief to us.
Tusitha De Silva of Balapitiya	Credit Suisse, HBOS, Reuters, Serco	After the tsunami, we were so desperate that any shelter was only a dream.  The volunteers showed up and gave us a home, and they shared our sadness.  They saved us, and we are like one family.
Mohomad Nilabdeen of Balapitiya	Credit Suisse, HBOS, Reuters, Serco	We really shared our life with the volunteers when they were building our home.  They eased our minds so much after the terrible experience of the tsunami.
E. M. Yasarathne of Balapitiya	Credit Suisse, HBOS, Reuters, Serco	The volunteers who helped build our home were always caring and kind.  The treated us like their family and helped heal the wound of the tsunami.
M. Wijewansa of Balapitiya	Credit Suisse, HBOS, Reuters, Serco	What a great feeling when the volunteers came and worked as one family to build my Habitat house!
R. Piyasena of Ambalangoda	Reuters, Serco, UCB	When the volunteers came to build, we started regaining the confidence in life that we had lost because of the tsunami.  We will always be grateful.
G. W. Rasalin of Kuleegoda	Action Aid, Reuters, Serco, UCB	The volunteers cared so much about us.  They taught us what real humanity is while they were building our house.
G. W. Suneetha of Ambalangoda	Action Aid, Reuters, Serco, UCB	I will never forget my friends, the volunteers.  I will always be thankful for their compassion and sacrifice they made to build my house.
G. N. Nihal of Kuleegoda	Action Aid, Reuters, UCB	We were helpless, like it was the end of the world, until they came and started building a Habitat home for us.  They cared about us and our situation and problems in life.
L.W. Lalman of Kuleegoda	Action Aid, Reuters, Serco, UCB	We are so grateful. They not only made the house for us, but they showed that the entire world really was concerned about poor people like us who lost everything.
K. Jeneeta Chandani of Kuleegoda	Reuters, UCB	They worked so hard to make my home. I can’t believe they came all that way to help poor people like us who were helpless from the tsunami.

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