Sir Arthur C Clarke has presented to Sarvodaya – Sri Lanka’s largest development charity – donations collected from British readers to support post-tsunami recovery efforts in his adopted country... ...
Sarvodaya founder and President Dr .A. T. Ariyaratne, Executive Director, Dr. Vinya Ariyaratne and Head of the Field Operations Unit, Mr.Subasena de Silva took part in several events in Japan... ...
Sarvodaya received a donation from Mrs. Tamara Bailey and friends from Vacouver, Canada, who cooked up a storm to provide relief to those who suffered from the tsunami in December.. ...
Linde Material Handling Asia Pacific Pte Ltd, Singapore, donated two brand new Palette Stackers (Fork Lifts) to Sarvodaya to be used in Tsunami relief operations. Fork lifts were an urgent need for loading, unloading as well as store management of the large quantity of relief goods which includes food items, medicines, kitchen utensils etc. which are centrally stored at the Sarvodaya Headquarters and distributed ...
Dr. Vinya Ariyaratne would like to thank the photographers of DPI Internationale for joining together to create a book of photography, the sales of which go towards Tsunami aid. He said, "We would very much like to see the photo book project a success. In the same vain that you complimented us, I must say that those of us who work on the ground deeply value this type of unique and qualitatively different ways ...
I am a student at the School for International Training (SIT) in Brattleboro, Vermont, USA, where I am currently studying for a Master of Arts in Sustainable Development. This institution, part of World Learning, is internationally renowned for the quality of education it provides to scholars seeking alternative solutions to problems of ongoing conflict and inequality. My professor Kanthie Athukorala has been kind enough to pass on to ...
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... ...
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 ...
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, ...
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 ...
