Sarvodaya

The United Sri Lanka Association of New Zealand has made a long-term commitment to rebuilding Sri Lanka. Apart from their generous fundraising, they sent Channa Ranasinghe here to evaluate the local needs and oversee the initial reconstruction project. This photo set documents his visit to the village of Wenamulla, which the USLA has adopted. It will be the first reconstruction project by Sarvodaya and the USLA, starting on the 3rd of February. Channa is pictured here handing out schoolbags to students. The set also include photos from his visit to the East Coast, Batticaloa and Kalmunai. Photo Gallery Flickr Slideshow Selected photos after the jump... ...

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Sarvodaya's Economic Empowerment Arm, SEEDS, is now partially online. Please visit their section for more information. SEEDS is now the largest non-governmental micro-finance organization in Sri Lanka, giving economic empowerment to thousands who would otherwise be ignored - benefitting both them and the Sri Lankan economy at large. _Message From Sarath Hewagama, Chairman_ To those of you who do not know our organisation, SEEDS is ...

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Sarvodaya would like to thank Mr. Dylan Goodman of California for his fund-raising activities. This is a comment left by his mother, Ms. Niroshi Goodman, on the site: "We are very proud of our 5 yr old son Dylan Goodman. He lives in California, USA. For his Birthday, in lieu of gifts, he requested the guests to donate money to Sarvodaya USA and collected $600.00 for the Tsunami victims. Dylan and his sister Brianna along ...

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The Sarvodaya Vavuniya Telecenter was opened with the participation of the Microsoft Company on 2005.02.21. The Community Telecentre Project was created to bring information technology to rural communities in 12 districts. In this opening ceremony, the first telecenter was opened at the Vavuniya District. On this occasion, Doctor Vinya Ariyarathne, the Executive Director of the Sarvodaya Shramadana Movement, Lory Foreman, regional director of the Microsoft, Sriyan de S Wijeyerathne, ...

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A medical camp was held on Saturday 19th February, in Wellaweediya fishing village, Negombo City, Gampaha district. This is a predominantly Tamil village where many of the people we met follow the Christian faith. The camp was run jointly by two organizations - Sarvodaya and the Suriya Foundation working in partnership to help victims of the tsunami. The camp was set up by the Sarvodaya Gampaha district coordinator and volunteer doctors were supplied by the ...

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Sarvodaya would like to thank the Artist Sergio Torro, his representative Melissa Landina and Via Verde Digital for their beautiful donation of Art, pictured above. The description they included is below: "The painting, "Wisdom Eyes" is 14" x 14" and 24 Karat Gold Leaf. It features a classic theme that is most relevant in such difficult times, depicting the all seeing eyes of ...

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On behalf of our sisters, brothers and children affected by the tsunami disaster and those of us who stood in solidarity with them I extend to all of you our love and heartfelt thanks for all the spiritual, moral, financial and in kind support you have given to Sarvodaya so far and are expecting to give in the future. Now we are ready to submit specific projects if you are ...

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Since the Tsunami hit the United Sri Lanka Association has been extremely active in its support of Sarvodaya. This photo is of Chandra Ranasinghe from the USLA distributing schoolbags in Weramulla, Ambalangoda - a village that they adopted. With an investment of Rs. 20 million, New Zealand has started a long-term rehabilitation and development project in this village, about 100 km south of Colombo, in Galle District. Mr. Ranasinghe is touring Sri Lanka to ...

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Sarvodaya's response is currently in phase two of the 5R (Relief, Rehabilitation, Reconstruction, Reconciliation and Reawakening) programme, which will address preventive care, trauma management, income support, re-settlement and later rehabilitation-related response commitments. In the last month Sarvodaya has reached close to about a quarter of all affected people. ...

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I have always travelled to Sri Lanka my home country, every year, and every year I have discovered something new and special about Sri Lanka. The tsunami disaster has brought me back home again, but this time to discover human tragedy at an indescribable level. When the tsunami disaster occurred my only wish was to do something for my country, but more so because I believe those who can do, should do. Thus I am ...

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