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Together with local activists in Sri Lanka, we compiled a list of local & non-profit groups that have organized to help Sri Lankan’s of all backgrounds, regions, political and racial identities.
We tagged each organization to a specific cause/group to make it easy for you to find a cause you identify with. Please consider contributing to one or more of these organizations.
We included the contact details of each organization, as well as links when possible, so that you would feel confident that the money is being used for responsibility.
If you have questions about the situation in Sri Lanka, or have special information about any of the organizations listed here please email me at meara@codefortheglobe.org. I am of Sri Lankan origin, currently working in California, USA at the Stanford Research Institute.
To speak to a local activist who can help you verify the legitimacy of these organizations, please reach out to local activist and journalist Amalini De Sayra. Twitter/Instagram: @amaliniii. Email: amalinidesayrah@gmail.com
Jump to the end of the page for tips on how to send money to Sri Lanka inexpensively.
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These are relief areas that have not received anything yet, and others where people have asked for a one-off donation to kickstart building a permanent structure that supports communities better in the long term.
We hope to provide 150 trans folks in Sri Lanka with the hormones they require for a period of 5 months. The Trust currently supports several trans people severely impacted by the economic crisis. As medicine becomes more expensive and scarce, all donations are welcome and appreciated.
R S Nadesarajah
Commercial Bank – Wellawatte
A/C No: 800 427 5653
nsreyaan@gmail.com
Note: Please add reference/remarks to your donations – ‘VOH hormones’
Group: lgbt, queer, rans, medical, urgent, lowincome
Farmers are just going into the harvesting season in this area of the Nuwara Eliya district. Doctors at the Walapane Hospital recorded a high number of cases of rat fever, passed through the waters in the paddy fields, infecting people through lesions or wounds. They are in need of Doxycycline to administer to patients – farmers who’ll be spending time in the fields. Funds will be sent to the following foundation, working in the village, who will then transfer to purchase consignments from the relevant suppliers.
Name of Account: Renuka Herath Padanama
Account Number: 5234968
Bank Of Ceylon – Walapane Branch
Branch No. 743
RHpadanama@gmail.com
Note: Please add reference ‘Walapane medicine’ when making a deposit
Group: farmer, medication, rural, medical, urgent, lowincome
This is a list of organizations preparing dry rations and hot meals for underserved communities.
Care Station provides meals and rations for underserved communities, special nutrition packs for infants, rations to flood-affected communities as well as long-term schooling support to children from poor families.
Account name: CareStation
Account Number: 8901008017
Bank: Commercial Bank, Head Office
Contact (+94) 769 10 55 55 / (+94) 778 420 320
Group: children, foodjustice, education, poverty, lowincome, freshmeals
At Community Meal Share we work alongside many communities on a regular basis to support them with warm cooked meals. With the current issues with cooking gas and power cuts we feel that communities would benefit more if we brought the meals to their tables.
Account Name: Community Meal Share Trust
Account Number: 8014785593
Bank: Commercial Bank
Branch: Ward Place
Note: If you are an international donor you may need the following:
Swift Code: CCEYLKLX
Bank Code: 7056
Contact: communitymealshare@gmail.com
Group: foodjustice, rural, poverty, lowincome, freshmeals
Your donations will be going into helping families in need in the district of Kandy through the involvement of the respective Grama Niladhari divisions and their officers. We will work with these officers to identify the most vulnerable and deserving families to which our aid will go. We are primarily looking to aid in the form of essential dry rations and other food items.
Local bank transfer
ARP Asmadala
8001952205
Commercial Bank – Kandy
Contact +94 76 163 0151
theopengatelk@gmail.com
Group: foodjustice, rural, poverty, localefforts, lowincome, freshmeals
Your donations will be going into helping families in need in the district of Kandy through the involvement of the respective Grama Niladhari divisions and their officers. We will work with these officers to identify the most vulnerable and deserving families to which our aid will go. We are primarily looking to aid in the form of essential dry rations and other food items.
Local bank transfer
ARP Asmadala
8001952205
Commercial Bank – Kandy
Contact +94 76 163 0151
theopengatelk@gmail.com
Group: foodjustice, rural, poverty, localefforts, lowincome, freshmeals
Please add ‘Rations’ in the description.
Location – Kandy and Colombo
Rishani Sittampalam
Savings Acc: 8100076404
Commercial Bank
Wellawatte – Colombo 6
Contact: rishanisittampalam@gmail.com
Group: foodjustice, rural, poverty, localefforts, lowincome, freshmeals
They are in touch with local government representatives like grama niladharis in certain areas that we pick, and they list down low-income families in their areas (the most affected ones).
Contact – (+94) 77 0274025
help@greatergivingsrilanka.org
Group: foodjustice, rural, poverty, localefforts, lowincome, emergencyrations
Source and supply urgently needed dry food rations to the most vulnerable families in Mannar, those without jobs or income during these very desperate times.
Bridging Lanka is a volunteer run charity organization in Melbourne which does aid work and empowerment programs for youth and women in Mannar.
Group: foodjustice, rural, poverty, localefforts, wartorn, women, youth, lowincome,, emergencyrations
Please add your name in the description.
Rishani Sittampalam
Savings Acc: 8100076404
Commercial Bank
Wellawatte – Colombo 6
Contact – WhatsApp (+94) 77 543 7038
Group: foodjustice, lowincome, freshfood, hotfood
The preparation of the lunch packs is outsourced to women who are single breadwinners or cancer survivors. They have been finding it difficult to get by as well, so the orders help them feed their own families.
D S Gunasekera
Account number – 1380551
Bank Of Ceylon – Hulftsdorp
Contact – (+94) 77 291 8907
Group: foodjustice, Women, singlemothers, cancersurvivors, lowincome freshfood, hotfood
TG & the neighbourhood Bereavement Support Society (Maranadara Samithiya) hopes to provide a weekly hot meal to vulnerable families, including the sick, elderly & low income families. Some of these families can only afford one meal a day, and that too with difficulty, at the current cost of living
We’ve priced a rice packet, including wages for those cooking, at Rs. 400 a pack.
Contact – (+94)77 907 1777
Group: foodjustice, families, elderly, lowincome freshfood, hotfood
ELF has been working with disabled individuals throughout, and has also been actively providing them with relief support during the pandemic.
Acc Name: Enable Lanka Foundation
Bank Name: Hatton National Bank
Branch: Head Office Branch [003, lowincome]
Acc No: 0030 1051 2895
Group: foodjustice, disabled, paralyzed , lowincome
Heart To Heart Lanka has been helping LGBT people and male and female sex workers at the grassroots level since 2012. They have pulled resources to offer relief support during the pandemic when they experienced losses of income, as well as continued legal aid and protections.
Account name – Heart to Heart
Commercial Bank of Ceylon PLC, Narahenpita branch
Account 8220033120
Mobile: 0772949597 / 0768704812
Phone: +94112368218
Email: hearttoheartsrilankaorg@gmail.com
Group: foodjustice, queer, lgbt, lgbt-soutasia,sexworkers,legalaid, lowincome
For just $50, we can support those whose basic needs are at risk. With home gardens, families will be able to feed themselves and share what remains with their community. Families will be set up for long-term food security.
For just $50 we will be able to identify vulnerable families who will most benefit from the support of:
Group: foodjustice,rural,covid,lowincome, lowincome, foodsecurity
Bank transfer fees using third party apps such as Wise and Xoom [Paypal service, lowincome] have never been cheaper.
The associated fees depend on the country you are sending the money from, the source of funds [credit cards vs checking account] and the amount you send.
For example, if I send $500 from my checking account from my bank in the United States to a Sri Lankan bank, xoom will charge me a flat fee of ~$5. As of July 19 2022, the exchange rate via xoom was 1 USD = LKR 351 [amounts greater than $50]; 1 USD = LKR 348 [amount less than $50] .
Some small pointers on how to go about doing work close to where you live, reaching people you may already know.
Recommend identifying specific needs and amounts, and carrying out fundraising to meet those figures. Helps you be more accountable as opposed to collecting a large pool and then trying to figure out where to send it.
You can identify families or individuals in your immediate areas who need help – poor families, cleaners, builders, gardeners who already come to your home or neighbourhood.
Talk to your Grama Niladhari – ask them about where and how many people in your area are in need at this time, and families facing the most difficulty. You can find your closest GN’s number here.
Ask them what their urgent needs are – food items, cooked food, data/phone bills, etc.
If it’s a one-off thing, that’s fine. But if you plan on helping for a few months just to get them steady, that works too. Commit to the same need every month. This could be ideal because it’s easier for you to track, and also more helpful to them probably. Commit to paying someone’s bills for a year, if you are able to – it will go a long way.
If it’s one-off, you can help families on rotation. One set, then next – either identified by your or via trusted colleagues.
Don’t give away the sense that there’s infinite resources you’re distributing – make people aware that it will take time to fundraise, otherwise you might have requests from word of mouth and might not be able to meet all needs.
Keep bills from purchases and some form of acknowledgement of handover – photo but you don’t need to circulate publicly. Maybe send donors a Google doc with all the bills pasted and photos of handover with the faces covered.
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