Vanathu Sinnappar Kalvikkaram

When priests, nuns and volunteers visited the estates in the area of Mathugama, we found the pathetic situation of these people and children in the estate, we formed as a civil society to educate and form the elders and children since 2019. Then we started working with Livetslys since 2020 and many others are locally in our service net work today like estate leaders, school teachers and religious dignitaries. We also work during the emergency as the locality is always a place affected by natural disasters and so on. The estate community in Mathugama is a less fortunate and forgotten society for a long period in Sri Lankan history. During flood we distributed food items and clothing. During Covid-19 we made the emergency relief work for poor and needy families and distributed medicines and face-masks. During on-going economic crisis we distribute dry rations to single headed families and large families with three or more children and sick and mentally retarded. Trying to give quality education to estate children by providing basic skills and provide them cooked food now and then. With help of Livetslys we distribute stationary items to the children and promote global goals among estate people. On a regular basis we conduct awareness programmes on the global goals recognized by UN, motivational seminars for students at various levels, small scale community kitchen, giving nutritional items to the children, elderly and sick on a small scale by pooling local contribution.