Sri Lanka

Jeevanie Girl’s Home:

Situated at Moratuwa a few kilometers south of Colombo “Jeevanie” is a well established home run by Sisters of the Catholic Church. Some of the girls are orphans, the majority are from families which cannot support their children because of poverty, violence, abuse or death of the bread-winner. Girls only leave the Home when secure employment or further studies are assured.
Marawila:
This project helps indigent families living in and around Colombo. It is run by the Salvation Army. Children are sponsored to ensure that they go to school and are adequately looked after.

St Mary's Girls Home & St Joseph's Boys Home:

Situated at Kochchikade, these homes are run by the Catholic Church. They are well run orphanages looking after many children. Many of these children were affected by the Tsunami. While Tsunami donations have been used to rebuild houses and damaged orphanage buildings, there are many children needing sponsorship.

Good Shepherd Convent:

The Good Shepherd Convent is situated 10km north of Colombo at Nyakakanda which is about 1km from the sea. They have a day school for local children, a large live in section for older orphaned children and a 40 cot nursery for abandoned or relinquished children or infants in need of short term emergency care. It also has facilities for mothers-to-be who have nowhere else to go. The sisters teach them new skills and give them hope and confidence for the future. They have a vegetable garden and a bakery with the products being used for their kitchen. Sponsorship money goes into a fund to help all of the children so that no child is deprived of their needs.

Good Shepherd Convent St Theresa's Home:

St Theresa's Home is situated at Nuwara Eliya. Children are admitted due to poverty, family difficulties etc. Since the Tsunami, this project has helped victims along the coastal belt through donations of nets and boats, bicycles, school children's shoes, sewing machines for self employment, food, clothing, medicines, school equipment and housing.

Colombo - Impetus Ministries Trust
Child care ministry program.

Many destitute children come from homes where parents are so poor that they live from hand to mouth, others are children of drugs addicts, while still others are victims of the civil war in the north and east and more recently of the tsunami in December 2004.

Donations to this project are used for emergency relief for children affected by civil war and the tsunami, as well as providing educational development and basic needs for children in poverty.

Each situation is looked into to assess how best the family can be helped.