Stories of change

Real people. Real change.

Behind every number is a person. These are some of the lives changed through our programmes across Sri Lanka.

DEGREE Kilinochchi

"The scholarship kept my granddaughter in school. Today she teaches other girls in our village to read."

When her son passed away, Sivakami became the sole guardian of her granddaughter. School fees, books and transport quickly became impossible on a daily wage.

A DEGREE scholarship covered tuition and materials, and weekly after-school tutoring closed the learning gap. Her granddaughter finished her O/Levels and now runs a small reading circle for younger girls in the village.

Sivakami A.

Grandmother

Change, one life at a time

From classrooms and coastlines to clinics and small businesses - here is what our programmes look like up close.

RECAP Jaffna

"I joined Save a Life at 16. Six years later I lead reforestation drives across the peninsula."

Prashanth signed up for a single beach clean-up. He stayed for the training - nursery management, mangrove propagation and community mobilization.

Today he coordinates volunteer teams across the peninsula, and the sites he helps manage account for thousands of the mangroves restored along the northern coast.

Prashanth K.

Youth volunteer

SHE Mullaitivu

"The SHE programme changed how our whole school talks about health and dignity for girls."

Before the SHE workshops, menstrual health was never discussed openly at Meera's school, and absenteeism spiked every month.

After dignity kits, teacher training and student-led safe-space sessions, attendance stabilised and the school now runs its own peer-education club.

Meera T.

Student

RISE Vavuniya

"The grant bought my first sewing machine. Now three women work with me."

Thevaki had the skills but no capital. A RISE micro-enterprise grant and a short business-skills course gave her both a machine and a plan.

Her tailoring unit now serves school-uniform orders across the district and provides steady income for three other women.

Thevaki R.

Micro-entrepreneur

PULSE Colombo

"I donated blood for a stranger. Two years later, a stranger donated for my mother."

Arun's first donation came from a campus drive organised by PULSE volunteers.

He now helps run the donor call network that connects hospitals with registered donors within hours - part of a community of more than 10,000 mobilised donors.

Arun S.

Volunteer blood donor

RESCUE Northern Province

"When the floods came, the volunteers reached us before anyone else did."

Rising water forced the family out overnight with nothing but documents and a change of clothes.

RESCUE teams provided shelter, dry rations and first aid, then supported the family through months of recovery until their home and livelihood were rebuilt.

The Kandasamy family

Flood-affected household

Stories add up

Every story on this page is part of a much larger picture.

Young people trained

Blood donors mobilized

Livelihoods supported

Active volunteers

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