 In late 2004 the BPG also became a centre for helping victims of the tsunami which devastated the Batticaloa area.The BPG and its staff have been supported by a variety of local and international agencies and charities, including the governments of Canada and the Netherlands, WarChild International and Ashoka International, which named BPG co-founder Paul Hogan a fellow in 2003.Children are brought to the BPG each day from surrounding villages in groups that are mixed with respect to gender and ethnicity (e.g.