Situation Report

_From Sarvodaya President Dr. A.T. Ariyaratne_

Full Itemized Report (February) – this PDF breaks expenditures down by district.

People’s participation in development has been a key principle in Sarvodaya’s work since its evolution and it continues as such in Sarvodaya’s tsunami response. When the tsunami hit, Sarvodaya’s Headquarters was transformed into a disaster relief centre. Sarvodaya responded immediately in the form of cooked food, medical aid temporary make-shift shelters, dry rations and utensils.

Sarvodaya informed unaffected district centres to go out to affected districts with the needed resources. Leaders of the movement, including Dr. A.T. Ariyaratne, went out to the affected districts and met with the regional co-ordinators, government officials and political leaders to organise Sarvodaya’s response strategy.

Sarvodaya’s biggest strength has been people’s voluntary participation. Volunteers in unaffected villages have gained transferable skills and insight into the conditions and life circumstances of people in the displaced people’s camp. This allows them not only to effectively respond to displaced people and their vulnerability, but also promotes spiritual growth within themselves and to connect and support other volunteers and displaced people in other villages.

Cash for work programmes are running and initiatives in water and sanitation are also being carried out.

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.

Sarvodaya’s response in terms of planning; resource allocation; information availability; accountability and transparency of collections and deliveries; effectiveness of identification of needs, mobilisation of human resources; identification of issues; priority of action responses; effectiveness of resource utilisation and identification of medium term issues and leadership action are all assessed as amongst the best in operation within the island. However, Sarvodaya has one of the smallest budgets and relies heavily on volunteers. As the 12 point program and special projects are implemented and reports are received from the field the website will be updated.

Districts	Services for camps/No. Of Villages	Beneficiaries	No. of camps managed by Sarvodaya.	Beneficiaries
Total (14)	340	220685	34	41447

2. Medical Camps

Date	No. of Medical Camps	Beneficiaries
2004.12.26 -2005.01.10	19	5253

3. Cleaning of Wells

Date	No. of Cleaned Wells	No. of Volunteers
2005.01.03 -2005.01.22	1034	5170

4. Legal camps

Date	Provided Services – Beneficiary
	Birth Certificates	Marriage Certificates	Death Certifcates	National Identity Cards
2005.01.12-2005.01.20	6173	205	108	1056

5. Spiritual Programmes

Date	No. of Programmes	No. of Problems	Beneficiaries
2005.01.04-2005.01.14	17	1685	8425

6. Reawakening Programme for Sarvodaya villages – No. of camps.

No. of Camps	No. of volunteers resident in camps
98	Approximately 900

7. Destroyed Houses & Common Buildings in Sarvodaya villages.

No. of Service Villages	No. of Houses		No. of common Buildings
	Fully destroyed	Partially destroyed	Fully destroyed	Partly destroyed
226	17844	11129	154	90

8. Value of Relief Services rendered through 14 Sarvodaya District Centres.

From Headquarters-Moratuwa	Rs. 39,464,214
From Other District Centres	Rs. 5,152,712
Total	Rs. 44,616,926
Beneficiaries (From 34 Sarvodaya Camps)	41447

9. Details of Relief Services provided by Sarvodaya District Centres

No. of Districts	14
Services provided in camps and villages	340 camps
Beneficiaries	220685