Feed families & rebuild 3000 futures in Sri Lanka

Dear friends and supporters,

Thank you for your support to provide emergency food aid, soaps and medication in Sri Lanka, which is providing a lifeline to families suffering immense hardship without work or income due to the strict Covid 19 pandemic lockdowns.

The Sri Lankan government recently declared a state of economic emergency, as a steep fall in the value of the Sri Lankan rupee caused a spike in food prices; the cost of rice, sugar, milk powder and gas has doubled over recent weeks, resulting in serious food and gas shortages, which has caused delays in our distribution and has been frustrating for our local TFT team. 

To avoid unsafe crowds and abate the risk of the spread of the virus, Mr Percy, our Country Director has identified desperate families through local village leaders, and is personally delivering to those in most urgent need, which includes mums to be, and new mothers who need to keep healthy to be able to breastfeed their newborn babies, 

Dhashani (26), who lives in a tsunami house with her father, gave birth two days ago to an unnamed baby girl. She was very happy to receive supplies of soap, rice, dhal, vegetables, eggs, sugar, and flour, which will keep her family fed for the next few weeks, and will also provide the nutrition she needs to enable her to breastfeed her baby.

Thanks to you, we are also providing 100 women and girls with washable sanitary aids to help prevent infection, which are made and purchased from single mother entrepreneurs at the Women's Development Centre in Kandy, to provide much-needed income for them, and enables them to feed their own families.

We couldn't do this without your continued support.

Thank you again for each of your donations and continued support.

Yours sincerely,

Joel

Dear Friends and supporters,

While much reporting has taken place of the terrible situation in India as the pandemic takes hold and hundreds of thousands a day are coming forward with infections, Sri Lanka remains a silent Covid partner in the news.

With a population of 21 million people, present daily cases are at a record high with more people dying than at any time during this pandemic; and the numbers are critically rising.

Their Future Today is one of a dwindling number of UK charities that concentrates all its efforts in Sri Lanka, supporting the most vulnerable, and providing a lifeline for families who are in strict lockdown, and without any income.

Thanks to you and the generosity of our supporters, we have been able to act quickly and decisively to so far help 100 TFT-supported families, covid patients, and the most vulnerable living in remote areas in the Southern Province, and distributed or delivered emergency dry food parcels including soap and sanitizer.

Working with the local police authorities, we are hugely grateful to Mr. Percy and our dedicated TFT team, who are pulling out all the stops to coordinate and make this very challenging work possible.

We have also created information in Sinhala about the importance of handwashing and hygiene, which has been sent out through WhatsApp groups to pass on. So far we have reached over 10,000 people.

A crisis crystallizes what really matters, and while we’re working hard towards ending institutionalization and changing the world for thousands of children, our work at the grassroots to help one child and one family at a time is pivotal at this critical time, and we can't thank you enough for your continued and loyal support.

Kind regards,

Joel