Supporting education at every level for children from very disadvantaged families -particularly children from leprosy affected families. This will be achieved through sponsorships and loans.
Build on our experience of working among leprosy affected individuals and other disadvantage communities and widen the support and rehabilitation work outside the Jaffna peninsula. We will fully support the Governments leprosy elimination programme.
Promote traditional livelihood such as farming, fishing, small scale industries based on the Palmyra and Coconut palms. These were lost and destroyed during the war and need resurrection.
Community Details
Sri Lanka officially eliminated leprosy in 1995, reducing the rate to one in 10,000 people. However, there are still about 2,000 new leprosy cases a year, with nearly half found in the western part of the country.
Country Details
Lying off the southern tip of India, the tropical island of Sri Lanka has attracted visitors for centuries with its natural beauty. But it has been scarred by a long and bitter civil war arising out of ethnic tensions between the majority Sinhalese and the Tamil minority in the north and east.
After more than 25 years of violence the conflict ended in May 2009, when government forces seized the last area controlled by Tamil Tiger rebels. But recriminations over abuses by both sides continue.
The island fell under Portuguese and Dutch influence after the 16th century. It gained independence in 1948, after nearly 150 years of British rule.
Commercial capital: Colombo
- Population 21.2 million
- Area 65,610 sq km (25,332 sq miles)
- Major languages Sinhala, Tamil, English
- Major religions Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam, Christianity
- Life expectancy 72 years (men), 78 years (women)
- Currency Sri Lankan rupee
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