Buddhika needs a artificial legg

Buddhika needs a artificial leg and a start to a new face of his live!!!!

During one of the last days of here visit we went to meet K.K. Buddhika a now 18 years old boy in Narigama (Hikkaduwa) with Nicole and here friend Remco.

When he was 17 years old (in 2006) he had a bad accident; on his way back from school he was hit by a bus of which the driver was drunk. (He was the THIRD victim of this criminal that afternoon). His arm was torn of and his right leg was smashed. Due to the good sense of a fish salesman near to where the accident happened his arm was rescued and could be put on again. (The fish salesman had the good sense to put the arm on ice he used to cool his fish and give it to the people of the ambulance so it could be saved). His leg was totally smashed and had to be amputated above the knee. He now “walks” with the help of 2 crutches but is mostly confined to his home and the near surrounding.

Buddhika turned out to be a very handsome and clever young man, who could speak some English and had an optimistic attitude. He dreamed of a new leg which he hoped to be a movable one so he would be able to put away his crutches and move around freely again. (Tough he knows that such a movable leg would be more expensive then a “stiff one” and he would never be able to pay for that, he still hopes that dream would come true).

When Bhante asked him if he ever thought about how he would take his future in his own hands, it was clear that though he had maybe dreamed about that to, in fact he more or less had given up the dream of a future in which he could establish a living for himself or maybe even merry and start a family. Because of the accident he was unable to finish his last year of school and go true his O level exams.

When we asked a bit more he answered that he thought that having a shop was the most realistic ideal for him considering his handicap. Bhante told him that he should think about it and that after about a week he would come back and talk with him about it some more.

We think this case should be handled in two fold:
Buddhika should be helped by giving him a chance at first true supplying him with a “movable” or better “bendable” artificial leg.
Further more we should be looking in to the possibilities of helping him to start a small shop so he can help himself to create a future.

Therefore we need to find out what kind of shop would be good for him to run, we have to get him training so he will get the necessary know how to do this.
Their should be made a simple business plan and we will have to try and get the financing for this. (Maybe a non - or low - interest loan, of which after he paid back a part the rest could be written of as a gift or some solution like this.)

We hope that there will be people interested to help this promising young man.
We think it would be a good investment in his future and a very worthwhile thing to do!
We therefore ask your help for Buddhika!!!