The GLOBAL HELP volunteering journey in Sri Lanka is built together with the Foundation of Goodness, a local organization working to develop rural communities in Sri Lanka. As on all our journeys, we do not arrive with a plan of our own. We come to work alongside a local partner who knows the community and its needs.
Who is the Foundation of Goodness
The Foundation of Goodness was founded in 1999 by Kushil Gunasekera to support his family’s home village, Seenigama, on the south coast of Sri Lanka, not far from Hikkaduwa. Since then it has grown into an organization working in more than 900 villages through empowerment centers that are open to the community free of charge.
The organization works in areas such as education and scholarships, sport, health and welfare, women’s empowerment, livelihoods and basic services such as water and electricity for rural communities.
What you do on the journey
The activities are built together with the local team, according to what the community needs at the time of the journey. The areas we work in in Sri Lanka:
- Education and vocational training: English, computers, entrepreneurship and more.
- Social support: activities with children and communities that need support.
- Sport and leisure: sports programs for women and youth.
- Women’s empowerment: training that promotes economic and social independence.
- Basic infrastructure: clean water, health services and housing for rural communities.
And Sri Lanka itself
Between the work days there is time for the nature and culture of the south of the island: the beaches, the lagoons, the markets and the villages. As on every GLOBAL HELP journey, there is also time for the group: sharing circles and time to process the experience.
Want to hear more?
No previous experience is needed, only the will to give. Leave your details and we will get back to you.
Come as you are. Just help. #BEGLOBAL
