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Humanitarian Crisis in Sri Lanka

Sarvodaya is supporting tens of thousands of people displaced by the war. About 200 Sarvodaya volunteers and staff are supporting the relief effort in the North, which includes providing food to at least 30,000 people as well as the supply of water, sanitation and medical services.

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Updates from Sri Lanka

Sarvodaya's Position on Current Situation in Sri Lanka

As one of the few independent organizations with access to the displaced civilian population, Sarvodaya has played and continues to play a key role in providing humanitarian assistance such as cooked food, clothing, water and sanitation and child nutrition.
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Sarvodaya's Relief Activities in Northern Sri Lanka
Sarvodaya has been in the forefront of the recent emergency response to the massive displacement in north. The organization, working through its district centres in Vavuniya, Mannar and Padaviya, rallied the support of many different donors and dipped in its own resources to provide food and non-food items to the thousands of displaced families now living in camps
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Sarvodaya Builds Emergency Treatment Center in Padaviya
Sarvodaya has handed over newly built Emergency Treatment Unit and Surgical Theater to Padaviya District Hospital. Padaviya District Hospital is one of the transit hospitals for the IDPs who were evacuated through sea route from Pulmodai.
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In the News

Recipe for relief

From five star hotels to the IDP camps, Sarvodaya and members of the Chefs’ Guild have taken up the challenge to cook 30,000 meals a day. More >>
Sunday Times, Sri Lanka

End Game in Sri Lanka
Among those who also might be part of the solution is the Sarvodaya movement; an organization grounded in philosophical tenets drawn from Buddhism and Gandhian thought. More >>
Katherine Marshall writes on the Washington Post blog


 
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