Sponsor a Handicapped Child or Youth

Objective: Identify needy families of handicapped children living in remote areas of the hill country; match them with sponsor families, societies, or individuals abroad who wish to give that child a better chance in life, design and oversee individual schemes to bring lasting change to the lives of handicapped children and their families.

Location: Haldummulla and Ella Divisions of Badulla District (the hill country or tea country)

Description: Liaise between donors, needy families of the handicapped, and the Ministry of Social Services to facilitate and report on customised sponsorship schemes to improve children’s health, education and general welfare.

Partners:

Handicapped children and youths who need sponsors

Kirubalandren

Pawalarani

Puwaneshwari

Kokilaveni

Ishaan

Prematilaka

1. Kirubalandren is a 14 year old boy who lives with his parents and two sisters. Both parents are laborers on a tea estate and they are living in an estate line house. Kirubalandren is mentally disabled boy who can neither walk or talk. He often suffers from pneumonia and seizures. Because of his physical health issues, he needs to visit Badulla hospital clinic once in every two weeks. Each 60 km to Badulla is costing the family about $20. We would like to find a donor for him to improve his health and diet.
2. Pawalarani is 27 years old and living with her mother, brother and a sister Puwaneshwari who is having health conditions from her birth. Pawalarani is about two feet tall and having difficulty walking. She attended school and passed 9th grade. Also she has learned computer education in Nanasala. If Pawalarani has a computer she will able to do a job in Nanasala while staying at her own home. The computer will cost ~$400 and the Internet will cost ~$0.50/day. We are seeking the donor who is willing to help Pawalarani to recover her life and self-esteem.
3. Puwaneshwari is a 26 year old woman living with her sister Pawalarani, brother and mother. She suffers from panic attacks and she cannot walk from her birth. Because of her health conditions she has to visit to the clinic every week. Puwaneshwari is gifted with knitting and she is making knitted dolls. Only problem is that she has not enough money to buy materials to develop her ability as a career. If someone is kind enough for her to help out she will able to start up her own business by selling these dolls. Looking for a donor who could donate her $100 to start up her own business. She is ambitious and wanted to find her own medical expenses by doing her own business.
4. Kokilaveni is a seven year old girl who lives with her parents on the Poonagala Tea Estate. Kokilaveni was born with a hole in her heart. She used to go to school, but because of her condition the doctors advised her to stop her education until she recovers from this disease. Her doctors have advised her parents to do an emergency surgical procedure, at an estimated cost of $3,500, of which the Sri Lankan Presidential Fund has agreed to donate $2,000. Kokilaveni’s parents have obtained some collected about $500 towards the operation. So for her to perform her surgery soon they are lacking about $1,000. We urgently need to find a donor or donors who could donate this sum to save this darling girl's life.
5. Ishaan (15) of Ella has been deaf & dumb since birth. He commutes daily to a school for the deaf & dumb, about 40 minutes away, which sends a van to pick up other deaf children and drop them home in the evening (fine, except the service is not free). Ishaan’s parents are asking for help with the cost of school transportation, only around $4-5 per month, and the cost of shoes and school uniform. Ishaan is an example of a handicapped child from a poor family, who could benefit from sponsorship, provided that the a sponsor who is committed to see him get an education that will enable him to learn a suitable livelihood and even marry and raise a family of his own some day. Perhaps some day he and his little sister can learn computer at school and even at home some day, using special software and hardware to learn to speak in Sinhala and even in English. But for now, his family is only asking for a little help with his education, as they are a genuinely poor rural family.
6. Prematilaka is a 32 year old male who is living with his parents. He cannot work to support himself because of his genetic disorder. He does not have control his arms or leg for himself and has difficulty talking. We are seeking a donor who could provide Prematilaka $15 monthly as a living stipend.

If you would like to sponsor a child or youth seen here, please contact us.