Your Kindness Can Send a Child Back to School

by Sathkara Social Service Foundation
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Your Kindness Can Send a Child Back to School
Your Kindness Can Send a Child Back to School
Your Kindness Can Send a Child Back to School
Your Kindness Can Send a Child Back to School
Your Kindness Can Send a Child Back to School

Summary

Recent floods in Sri Lanka have left many children without essential school supplies, disrupting their education and daily lives. This project supports flood-affected and low-income families by providing school bags, books, stationery, and shoe vouchers. By restoring these basic needs, we help children return to school with confidence, stability, and hope. Education offers healing and normalcy during crisis, and together we can ensure that a disaster does not steal a child's future.

$5,000
total goal
$4,739
remaining
3
donors
0
monthly donors
1
fundraiser
5
months

Challenge

Severe flooding in Sri Lanka has disrupted the lives of thousands of families, with children among the most affected. Many students lost their school books, bags, shoes, and stationery when their homes were flooded. Low-income families struggling to recover cannot afford to replace these essentials, forcing children to miss school or attend without proper supplies. Without immediate support, these children risk falling behind in their education and losing hope for a stable future.

Solution

This project will directly support flood-affected children by providing essential school supplies such as textbooks, stationery, school shoes, and school bags. By reducing the financial burden on struggling families, the project enables children to return to school without delay. Access to learning materials restores routine, confidence, and emotional stability, helping children continue their education and preventing long-term learning loss after the disaster.

Long-Term Impact

By ensuring children can continue their education after disaster, this project helps prevent learning gaps, school dropouts, and long-term poverty. Access to education supports emotional recovery, confidence, and stability during crisis. Over time, educated children are better equipped to break cycles of vulnerability, contribute positively to their communities, and build resilient futures for themselves and their families.

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Organization Information

Sathkara Social Service Foundation

Location: Kalutara North, western province - Sri Lanka
Website:
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Project Leader:
Kushan Maduranga
Kalutara North , western province Sri Lanka
$261 raised of $5,000 goal
 
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$4,739 to go
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