Sri Lanka was named as the number one destination  in the world to visit. It is a small island consisting of a multi-religious, multi-ethnic society. With a remarkable combination of spectacular scenery, tea plantations, magnificent white beaches rich culture and wealthy urban areas there is another side to the story. It is a country with many social and economic difficulties, where an estimate of 46% lives on less than $2 a day, and the largest concentration of poverty are in the remote rural areas

A vision to empower people by creating opportunity to overcome poverty, MEDIC Lanka was launched in the early part of 2002. We were very much instrumental in helping tsunami victims with relief and rehabilitation, then resettlement by helping many of them with livelihood projects.

MEDIC Lanka has undertaken relief and rehabilitation activities in the form of providing essential provisions and medical assistance, repairing damaged shelters to slum dwellers and fishing communities affected by ethnic riots and cyclone damages. In response to growing incidents of child abuse in a poverty stricken populace, MEDIC Lanka has set up special programs catering to children’s educational and social economic needs. We provide both therapy and resources to assist parents in this area.

MEDIC Lanka Children’s Ministry Programs for 2013 turned out to be a memorable blessing giving MEDIC Lanka School Gift Parcels for over 250 school kids from nine different regions in various parts of the country.

 

MEDIC Lanka has been such a blessing to many children, families and communities.

Children Ministry

 

 

The Children’s Program 2013, a distribution of children’s gift packs containing books and school items for over 250 school children, was a success.

 

 

In the month of December, the MEDIC Lanka team started out for a several days journey to nine different regions Rakwana, Moneragala, Hali Ela, Pundalu Oya, Pussellawa, Warakapola, Mannar, Ragama and Wattala.         It was a joy to see the cheerful smiles of the children who had something to look forward to in the coming school.

 

 

All glory to God who in His Mercy enabled the MEDIC Lanka team to once again overcome challenges and successfully bless these diverse children groups with an opportunity to taste His Goodness in during the festive season!

 

Sri Lanka is still recovering from decades-long war and the devastating 2004 tsunami. The war left thousands of people with no food, home or way to rebuild their lives.

 

 

Karu Tuk Tuk one of MEDIC Lanka clients.

Lame due to a physical condition that has put him at a disadvantage in going about his day to day chores, Karunaratne has been struggling to support his family until relief came to them in the form of a micro-loan from MEDIC Lanka. Today, they are ever grateful to God for the financial assistance they received from MEDIC Lanka which enabled them to open a grocery stall about two and a half years ago.

Fondly known as ‘Karu’ among his circle of friends and patrons, this client has been seeking ways and means to make a suitable living for his family. Due mainly to the micro-finance support Karu received from MEDIC, he has been able to improve his small grocery venture into a sizeable food outlet that caters to a variety of retail needs of the factory workers and other low income level residents in the vicinity.

Undeterred by his handicap, Karu applied to us for a 2nd stage loan to purchase a brand new 3wheeler, after the completion of his first loan. His vision was to own a tuk-tuk 3wheeler, the common man’s favorite mode of transport, largely used by low income people as a taxi for their travel. After due consideration of his faithfulness in paying up the first loan, and carefully assessing the progress of the retail business he was carrying on, the loan was approved by the MEDIC Lanka board. Thus, the brand new 3wheeler MEDIC Lanka purchased for a cost of $3500 CDN, was for a person like Karu, something he could never ever dream of owning in his life time.

He uses this tuk-tuk to transport school children, office staff, and even as an emergency ambulance to the needy, in addition to using the vehicle to transport the items needed for his own shop. He also boosts the family income by hiring the vehicle on various occasions. With the kind of progress made, Karu and his family has now moved into their own house and the extra income has helped the family to provide better educational facilities for their only son. They give glory to God and much satisfaction to their benefactor, MEDIC Lanka