Partnered with Child Action Lanka
Child Action Lanka
Partners since:
2010
Full Life Program:
605 children (2023)
Feeding frequency:
7 times a week
Debs Edirisinghe (Founder and Director)
Child Action Lanka was founded to create a place of safety and support for children in Sri Lanka, by providing food, education and community. It is their mission to elevate these children into better circumstances by providing the foundational blocks to build a good life for themselves.
Debs Edirisinghe was inspired to create a better future for her home country and created Child Action Lanka. She and her team work to improve the quality of life for children in Sri Lanka, providing a food, education and a safe haven to all in their care.
Christmas Card Project
Many children in Sri Lanka are from Buddhist, Hindu or Muslim families, so Christmas is not as widely celebrated there as it is in western nations. Fortunately the caring staff of Child Action Lanka provide every opportunity for children to hear about Jesus and the true story of Christmas.
Each of the ten centres across Sri Lanka have a special Christmas celebration. There is a Christmas Party with presents and a Christmas tree put up for the children to decorate. This is made possible by local companies who provide sponsorship to the centres.
During the Christmas Concert the birth of Christ is explained so they understand what Christmas means. So when they receive a personal Christmas card from their friends in Australia, it ministers the love of Jesus in a very real and practical way.
Thank you for making a difference in the lives of these children.
About Sri Lanka
Country Statistics
- Population: 22.04 million (2023 est.)
- Below the Poverty Line: 24.8% (2024)
- Life Expectancy: 77 years (2024)
- Literacy Rate: 92.3% (2024)
- Human Development Index: 78/192 (2022)
- Global Climate Risk Index: 30 (2021)
About the Children
- Under the Age of 14: 25.3% (2019)
- Children under 5 Underweight: 20.5% (2016)
- Average Years of Schooling: 11 (2022)
Causes of Death
- Stroke, Ischaemic heart disease, COVID-19, Diabetes mellitus, Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (2021)
- Others include kidney diseases, dementia, heart diseases and birth complications.
As a tropical island, Sri Lanka is highly vulnerable to climate change and consistently at risk of extreme weather events. Most notably, Sri Lankans are affected by flooding with over 10 million people being impacted in the past 30 years, followed by cyclones and drought (2020). Rising sea levels and temperature changes have also made storm surges more likely, and threatening agricultural processes leaving an estimated 17% of the population experiencing food insecurity (2023).
Sri Lanka is in an ongoing economic crisis since 2019, causing unprecedented levels of inflation and shortages in supplies. The uncertain living conditions are causing many people to make the difficult decision to leave their home.