Rev. S. Jayanesan arrested for helping the Tamils

Sri Lankan Sinhela Police have arrested Rev.S.Jayanesan on charge of helping the Tamils. Chairman of “Ladder of Hope”, Rev. S. Jeyanesan is also the project director of all Ceylon Christian Care projects on Sri Lanka.

Christian Care works together with church independent partner organization “Ladder of Hope”.

Today under his supervision 255 people in the area of Batticaloa are permanently active in different projects.

There are currently 6 orphanages (522 children), 2 vocational training centers, 3 day care centers (192 children), 18 nutritional feeding centers (1350 children) Several programs for widows (to support 350 widows).

By means of all these programs a total of approximately 3000 people receive help and support every day.

Rev. S. Jeyanesan was born on July 2, 1950 in Jaffna, Sri Lanka. He is married with Shanta and they have two children. Both children live outside Sri Lanka. Rev. S. Jeyanesan is a leading person within the Church of American Ceylon Mission on Sri Lanka. He is also a contact person for both the Singhalese government and the Tamil leaders.

Rev. S. Jeyanesan is a leading person within the Church of American Ceylon Mission on Sri Lanka. He is also a contact person for both the Singhalese government and the Tamil leaders.

In 1975 Rev. S. Jeyanesan commenced his pastoral duties in Varani, a village in the vicinity of Jaffna. In 1979 he moved to Kilinochi, who did not yet have a church at that time, and obtained a missionary posting for that area.

Rev. S. Jeyanesan lived in Kilinochi for 12 years and during that period he organized 18 congregations, orphanages and day care centers, as well as a large farm of more than 100 acres of land. The name of this farm is “Shalom Nhjar”.

In 1991 Rev. S. Jeyanesan was asked to move to Batticaloa, a city where he has labored the last 11 years.

His wife Shanta continually supports him in a variety of ways: organizing Sunday schools, translating of Christianity reading materials into Tamil and assisting with several aid programs.

In 2004 she also translated the “H. van Dam” children’s Bible from English into Tamil.

During the civil war, most of the pastors left the Island for Europe, Canada and the US. Rev. S. Jeyanesan however felt it was his calling to stay and help the people. He did this by starting aid and rebuilding programs.