Pre Schools Sri Lanka

In 2004 the devastating tsunami in the Indian Ocean also destroyed numerous pre schools in Sri Lanka. REWE’s Package Tour department of the Travel and Tourism division supports the construction of new buildings.

Numerous employees of the REWE Group and the management of REWE’s Package Tour department of the Travel and Tourism division donated funds for the victims of the disaster following the tsunami. Together with Hemtours, the partner agency of REWE’s Package Tour department of the Travel and Tourism division, it was possible to create an aid package designed to support children at a preschool age in the long term. The supporter is the Hemas Outreach Foundation, a foundation of the Hemans Group, to which the partner agency of REWE’s Package Tour department of the Travel and Tourism division belongs.

Between 2005 and 2007, 20 preschools were built for children aged three to five in the framework of the main project preschools - eight of which were directly financed by REWE’s Package Tour department of the Travel and Tourism division. The preschools, which have now been completed, each have several classrooms and offer space for up to 100 children. Furthermore, REWE Package Travel and Tourism finances teaching material and clothing, seminars for teachers and an awareness campaign for parents so that they are able to better deal with the psychological situation of the children.