The Essential Grocery Pack distribution for the year 2021 commenced with the aim of helping just 250 families in desperate need of assistance due to COVID-19 disrupting their daily wage income and making it increasingly difficult to put food on the table. Pleas for help and heartbreaking stories were reaching us from all over Sri Lanka, as the monsoon brought floods and the greatest marine pollution disaster affected fishing communities. 

However as the campaign began, we were overwhelmed and moved by the generosity of donors here in Sri Lanka and overseas, empathizing with the plight of these rural families. We are now able to provide over 2000 families from all over Sri Lanka with essential grocery packs that could provide them with temporary relief for up to 3 weeks! This eases a tremendous burden on many families, as they slowly get back on their feet. 

Distribution locations with rural families identified: 

Thanthirimale/Elapathgama, Anuradhapura District- 150 

Puthiyanagar, Mullaitivu District –  84 

Monaragala, Monaragala District- 125 

Welikadawatta, Colombo District – 230

Dematagoda, Colombo District- 25

Oddusuddan, Mullaitivu District- 75 

Kataragama, Monaragala District – 200 

Mannar, Mannar District – 100 

Narahenpita, Colombo District – 152 

Lindula, Nuwara Eliya District- 100 

Thirukkovil, Ampara District – 100 

Eravur, Batticaloa District – 125 

Kandy District – 200 

Galle District – 100 

Ja-Ela, Gampaha District (Flood victims) – 50 

** Please note that the distribution of 100 grocery packs to the fishing community of Negombo is still pending 

A huge thank you to all our donors from Sri Lanka and overseas, for touching so many lives!

“When you create happiness for others you experience the same”