Sri Lanka

The trustees are personally committed to the success of implementing our projects. We aim to keep administration costs to a minimum and pledge that donations will be directed only to the victims.

Project Reach is a long term development project, aimed at addressing the needs for housing, sanitation, health, education and vocational training.

Reach provide targeted support, encouragement and empowerment to individuals to help them become independent, productive and resourceful citizens, with a better quality of life.

 

Repair of Housing

Following the tsunami, the Sri Lankan government tried to prevent people from living close to the sea by imposing a buffer zone. Initially this was set to 100m, stopping houses within this distance from the sea from being built/repaired. The government had...
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Income Generation

Garments A training program was launched to provide skills that would generate supplementary income for the women in the village. The training sessions gave the Reach team an ideal opportunity to talk to the women and learn more about their families, in...
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Team Building Skills

Charlotte Riaz, a voluntary trainer from the UK, started training on “soft skills”. The objective was to give our ladies skills for teamwork and to become more self-aware and empowered to manage conflict and confrontation. The training has been well received and...
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