Greetings In northern Sri Lanka, people get their water from wells, because there are no rivers, reservoirs or large lakes in the region. A common practice, especially among poor farmers, is for several families to share one common well to meet their daily needs, and for the irrigation of their farms. Recently, we came across a well in the farming village of...
The Sivapoomi School is the place to experience first-hand the resilience of a few incredible people that hail from the Northern Peninsula of our country. A completely free of charge school with over 160 children with Down syndrome, autism and different abilities, parents were overwhelmed with gratitude for the high-quality education and care given to their children. Among their educational development,...
SEED was formed in 1995, with the mission to assist people living in the Vavuniya district (North-Central Lanka) who were affected by the 30 year civil strife. SEED is committed to the interests of marginalized groups in the area of Vavuniya, Sri Lanka. These include internally displaced persons (IDPs), families affected by the internal conflict who are living below the poverty...
Jaffna Jaipur Centre is well known for the priceless services they provide for the war victims. They work hard to bring back a sense of normalcy in the lives of people with limb-loss / physical disabilities, and empower them through a total rehabilitation program to restore their confidence. Apart from the above-mentioned services, they are involved in providing orthotic devices and...
Mathavam, a support center for neuro-developmental disorders in Jaffna, was established in 2014. Services provided include early assessment and diagnoses of disorders, speech and language therapy, training for parents of special needs children and creating awareness in Sri Lanka about these developmental disorders. Mathavam was in need of a new educational space for training and educating differently abled children. For younger...
Despite advancement in certain areas of life in Sri Lanka, it remains a developing nation with insufficient public funds to provide appropriate medical care and hospital facilities outside of the main hubs. Batticaloa is one such area, located nearly 350 kilometers from Colombo on the far eastern coast of the country. Even though it has the largest tertiary care institution in...