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Sarvodaya’s response to Sri Lanka’s Emergency Crisis situation
Sri Lanka faced and is facing turmoil in their financial stability with skyrocketing inflation and scarcity of resources. Sarvodaya has risen to the occasion and started conducting emergency response services. In addition, Sarvodaya is strategizing projects which would help on the long term. Dr Vinya Ariyaratne, shared his plans and strategies to the Sarvodaya donor…
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Stand with Sri Lanka in this time of crisis
Sri Lanka has not experienced hunger in decades — now they are. Sarvodaya is unique in its ability to reach the entire country, and support families in their struggle to meet their most basic needs. Please watch Dr. Vinya Ariyaratne’s presentation below or his slide deck, and contribute all you can.
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Sarvodaya launches emergency response life saving assistance to the public
As you maybe aware, the Sri Lankan public has taken up to themselves to make drastic changes to the country’s leadership in response to the corruption leading up to unprecedented inflation and lack of base resources for their livelihood. However peaceful the intention is, pockets of violence and chaos ensued and seeing the condition first…
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A true example of Shramadana in the age of COVID
Sarvodaya converted their largest training center in Thanamalwila Sri Lanka into an Intermediate Care Center to cater for those who cannot get health care otherwise, either due to economic reasons or due to their local government run hospital running over capacity. Dr. Vinya Ariyaratne was happy to announce that “after 2 and a half months…
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Food Security program to address the current crisis in Sri Lanka
The beautiful country of Sri Lanka is facing an unprecedented economic crisis exacerbated by an ongoing political crisis. The people are facing an unprecedented lack of basic resources such as vehicle fuel and cooking gas, while inflation has lead to a scarcity of basic food provisions necessities. The local currency has depreciated immensely and the government…
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Statement issued by the President of the Sarvodaya Shramadana Movement in Sri Lanka
Dr. Vinya Ariyaratne issued this statement earlier this week, in response to the chaos and unrest amongst the citizens of Sri Lanka, due to the violence created by biased segments of soceity during the current political and economic crisis in the country.
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Sri Lankan Conglomerate ties up with Sarvodaya to assist Female Entrepreneurs
The Sarvodaya Shramadana Movement has a long history of initiating programs for female entrepreneurs. Training and development of skills, education on business and financial aspects, loans, grants, and follow up on their progress are some of the areas in which Sarvodaya has extensive experience and expertise. Expolanka Holdings, a globally diversified conglomerate in Sri Lanka,…
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Requests for Funds to Complete the Intermediary Care Center at Sarvodaya Premises
The Sarvodaya Shramadana Movement of Sri Lanka has been at the forefront of community level COVID-19 prevention and control activities since the beginning of the epidemic in March 2020 and has assumed responsibility to assist the Government’s effort to set up a hundred-bed Intermediary Care Centre at Thanamalwila, Monaragala District, Uva Province. This facility will be…
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Experts come together to list immediate actions to circumvent the death and severely infected rates due to the COVID-19 pandemic
After a dearth of availability, finally Sri Lanka has acquired vaccinations and programs are underway to get as much of the population vaccinated rapidly. However, the delta variant is spreading faster than the people can be protected via the vaccination, that the infected and death toll is rising rapidly on a daily basis. Lead by…
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Sarvodaya’s response to the COVID-19 Pandemic in Sri Lanka – Looking back over 1 year’s work
Sarvodaya had been identifying and addressing community needs in Sri Lanka for over 60 years, when the COVID-19 virus made its first appearance in Sri Lanka in March 2020. While Sri Lanka had not faced an airborne, rapidly spreading virus resulting in a physical disease like this before, Sarvodaya had had experience in handling emergency…
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