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Welcome to Help Island Lanka Foundation
We at Help Island Lanka Foundation are driven by our faith on the lord the Jesus Christ. We solemnly believe that every human being despite their religious, ethnic, caste, class or geographic marginalization, are all children of the GOD. We feel that we are born with one purpose, to serve and ensure the fulfilment of the basic needs of the marginalized. We are bound by duty and motivation to carry forth HIS message both among HIS disciples and the others.
As true devotees we intend to spread the Gospel truth among those have not yet seen the light and break them away from forces of Evil. -
What we do
As the first step we have chosen the Nuwara Eliya and Badulla Districts of Sri Lanka to work with those who are suffering from abject poverty and to assist them in safeguarding their food, health, livelihood and education interests.
We will first strive to create a situation where all families in the estate sector of Nuwara Eliya District to enjoy three healthy meals per day leading to a significant reduction in child and female malnutrition in the region.
We will enhance the quality of life of those who are living in the estate sector of Nuwara Eliya by provisioning adequate health care facilities through a series of medical camps catering to the everyday health care requirements of both abled and the disabled.
Introduction
As the first step we have chosen the Nuwara Eliya and Badulla Districts of Sri Lanka to work with those who are suffering from abject poverty and to assist them in safeguarding their food, health, livelihood and education interests.
We will first strive to create a situation where all families in the estate sector of Nuwara Eliya District to enjoy three healthy meals per day leading to a significant reduction in child and female malnutrition in the region.
We will enhance the quality of life of those who are living in the estate sector of Nuwara Eliya by provisioning adequate health care facilities through a series of medical camps catering to the everyday health care requirements of both abled and the disabled.
We will provide support for developing access to quality education for the children of the estate sector at primary and secondary levels. For infants we intend to establish day care centres where they will be safe during the absence of their working parents. We will also provide youth vocational training for livelihood development and provide credit facilities to pursue their dreams for securing their ideal livelihoods.
Current Projects
Food Security
- Distribution of dry rations among selected marginalized of the marginalized low income families
- Provide at least one healthy meal per day for 500 selected children across the district
- Create awareness among parents for preparation of low cost healthy meals for the family
- Provide free nutritional guidance and advice for pregnant mothers in collaboration with the MoH
Health Security
- Free medical camps and basic medicine
- Free eye and dental clinics
- Free Special health care camps for the disabled
- Free wheel chairs, crèches, walking frames, bed pans, etc
- Free Ambulance Services
Education Security
- Free school materials in addition to the government contributions (text books, bags, stationary, sports equipment etc
- Establishment of good libraries and create improve library usage among children through awareness creation an instilling a culture of learning through reading
- Establish places for bible study and promote bible study among communities
- Improve conditions to retain and attract school teachers to work in the sector
- Build new school class rooms, latrines, and access to drinking water
- Provide assistance to severely low income families to minimize both direct and indirect costs of education given to their children and create awareness on the importance of education
Livelihood Security
- Provide vocational training for youth in different trades that meets their expectations and capacities
- Provide micro credit, grant facilities to commence self-employment based on skills levels observed for promising enterprise
- Provide assistance to resolve issues of non-procession of national ID cards
Housing Project
In addition to our main focus areas we intend to launch a housing construction project in four selected geographic areas for 100 families in the districts. The housing construction plan includes 50 two beded room houses, 50 three bedded room houses, a church, a day care centre, a shopping complex, an agricultural farm, a fuel station and a luxury restaurant and a café for tourists through which we intend to generate considerable amount of livelihood opportunities for the youth and the adults alike.
Day Care Centers
In our project areas those who are required to go out of home for work (estate workers, agricultural farmers etc) are finding it difficult to do so because of the inability leave their young children alone at homes. This has subjected people to economic difficulties. Therefore our organization intend to establish day care centres where the children of those who need to go can stay safe till their parents return from work. At the day care centres we intend to provide the children with daily meals as well as primary education.
Building Schools and Renovations
Most of the schools in our areas are not up to the expected standards with compared with those of in the other districts. Due to lack of classroom facilities some teachers are required to conduct their teaching under the trees. To resolve this problem we intend to build new class rooms for existing schools or renovate the existing ones. We intend to provide schools with computer rooms, laboratory and playground facilities.
We will also establish bible study rooms in each school and auditoriums for conducting events and functions.
Warehouse facilities
We intend to build storage and warehouse facilities for dry rations and relief items such as cloths in every project areas.
Library facilities
We intend to establish libraries for the use of the children of the low income groups in order to enhance their knowledge.
Farming facilities
We intend to provide equipments and other items for farmers to cultivate their lands. Equipments will include but not limited to Tractors, Generators, Vegetable seeds, Fertilizers and etc.
Loans for kick starting self-employment
- Vehicle Leasing
- Housing Loans
- Medical Loans
- Credit facilities for agricultural farming
- Self-employment credit facilities for women
- Self-employment credit facilities for others
Pension schemes
We offer a pension scheme for those who are suffering from physical paralysis. We intend to give them a monthly under the social services.
You can also help a family.
You can either contribute monthly for the pension fund monthly or annually.
You can contribute to fund one family.
We are committed to provide you with the details of those who are under your patronage. Email Us
Our Calendar
December Project – School Children
We are in process of donating 5,000 numbers of school bags, school uniforms and school books for girls and boys, who are in poverty in Nuwara Eliya district.
January Project – Free Medical Camp Month
We have plan to carry out free medical camp in the following districts; Nuwara Eliya, Bandarawela and Badulla. We are planning free medical camps to elderly people, children and pregnant mothers.
February Project – Supplying Pure Drinking Water
We have planned to supply 1,000 liter tanks to needy schools in the up country. Then we will be able to store drinking water and supply to children.
March Project – Sanitation Month
We are planning to build new toilets facility and repair toilets in the hill country schools.
April Project – Literature Month
We have plan to supply whole sort of educational books to all library in schools and help schools to open a new library in school if they do not have one. We plan to donate worth of books to the library each.
May Project – Housing
We have plan to start 100 unit houses for the poverty people living in a above districts. We will build one living room, two bed rooms, one kitchen and a bathroom for each house.
June Project – Holly Month
In this month we would thanks and pray our holly lord Jesus for what has done in the last six months to our foundation to help needy people. We will evaluate the projects which we have carried out in the last six months and we will organize praise and worship services in the above cities and towns.