Inusha was 6 years old and her sister Niluka was 10 and brother Sadda was 8 when their mother died. Their mother saw her husband with another woman and she committed suicide by drinking poison now they live with their uncle who is married with 3 children. Sadda could not be looked after so went to temple and is now a monk. Their uncle Thirimadura is now responsible for them. £15 a month would help to feed this family once they have some sponsorship Sadda maybe allowed to come back and live with them. ( Now sponsored Thank you)

These children are Tsunami affected. Their house was totally destroyed. Now they have built a house with the money the government gave them but there was not enough to complete the roof and windows, so they have to live in a shed next door. With short term sponsorship these people will be able to get their house finished and they can start living in it.The parents work but would never be able to earn enough for the family to move into their new home.( New house now being built Thank you for all donations, Mr Roussel and family, also Sarnian Roofing)

These 4 children have been abandoned by their parents. It is quite common practice when a marraige breaks up that the children are left to be brought up by the grandparents. In this case, only the grandmother is looking after the children. They live in a mud hut on the edge of a paddy field in the jungle, have no water and survive on the rice that has been left or dropped by the people working in the paddy field.  Since posting this information this families home has been struck by a thunderbolt and had all there electricity knocked out. We will be trying to get somebody to fund the rewiring of this house so they have some light for the very dark evenings (This family are now sponsored and have electricity)

Sumith and his mother are living rough after she was attacked and threatened by a man who has vowed to kill her if she tells anyone. (We now have a sponsor for this family and this sponsor is organising a fund raising event to help build them a home.)

Lalith is a young man that spent 14 years in a boys home because his mum couldn't afford to look after him he has now returned home and is at college studying Nursing... (Read more)

The father of these children left a few years ago leaving them with their mother and grandmother they desperately needed help with toilet, food and education (they now have a new toilet and a sponsor)

Duhun and his mum lived in a little shack two feet or so from the railway line. Their story has been amazing and they now have a new house, sponsor and Duhun is at school. (read more)

This family were struggling to survive in this shed which they rented for 1000 rupees a month. The neighbours were desperate to help the deaf and ute mother  of 4. They now have sponsorship and a new house to live in.( more to follow)

This family live in a shed no bigger than a large garden shed. There is nothing in it except 3 school bags which are balanced on a piece of wood by the roof so they dont get wet. The shed gets flooded every time it rains. There are 3 roll up mats which the family sleep on and a few pots which the mother uses to cook outside. The mother is suffering from mental health problems and doesn't work. This family is now sponsored but they desperately need a new house.

This young man was the Kidney donor for the man above. He travelled from North Sri Lanka to help by donating one of his kidneys. Since the operation he has been unable to work and his family have disowned him because he gave one of his organs away. He is now good friends with the rest of the family but has nowhere to live. Different families have been accommodating him. A volunteer who travelled to Sri Lanka with A.R.C (Julie Gavey) heard that the young man is struggling and has agreed to sponsor him. She said he had been kind enough to give someone the chance of a better life and she wants to help him until he is able to support himself.

This is one of the saddest stories we have heard since working in Sri Lanka. This little girl was saved in the Tsunami she was 6 months old. Her uncle took her up a tree by grasping her clothing in his teeth. Her mother died in the Tsunami and her father moved in with his mum so they could try to move on. All was going well until recently. (Read more)

These two children were found in a rented shed with their mother and brother. They hadn't eaten for days and had to beg at the railway station to get what ever they could. The roof of the shed was about to fall in so we had to move them immediately. We have paid 6 months rent on a house until we can do something better for them in the mean time they are being sponsored by one of our volunteers.