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Children's Hope - An independent Sri Lankan not-for-profit charity
Children's Hope - An independent Sri Lankan not-for-profit charity
Our mission
Children’s Hope believes in children regardless of their circumstances,
gender, race, disability or behaviour.

We believe in the abused, vulnerable, forgotten and neglected. We
support them and stand up for them, to bring out the best in every child.

We believe every child deserves the best start in life and the chance to
fulfil their potential.

With the right help, committed support and belief, even the most
vulnerable children can turn their lives around.

Every Children’s Hope project is different – but each believes in the
potential in every child and young person, no matter who they are, what
they have done or what they have been through.
Our commitment
100% of funds raised by
Children’s Hope go directly
to running our projects.

As a small local organisation,
we don’t pay:
•Rent or property fees
•For marketing or ads
•To be part of a wider
organisations
•Any commissions.

We rely on our existing
assets, volunteers, friends
and connections.
Why is Children’s Hope so special?
•We are independent, non-political and non-religious – although greatly respect and
observe the Buddhist culture of Sri Lanka.

•We consult everyone in our community to find out what they need, not what we
think they need – including parents, teachers, doctors, community leaders, local
government, NGOs and the children themselves.

•We run our own projects independently, with on-the-ground local staff and
volunteers.

•We empower all young people to create a better life for themselves, including the
disabled, abused, sick, poor and vulnerable.

•We provide valuable education at all levels – preschool, school and vocational
training.

•We build, equip and help maintain schools, hospitals and local housing.

•We are a community hub for local children, women and young men.
Our Founder
English artist Carla Browne first visited
Sri Lanka in 2003, on recommendation
of friend Sir Christopher Ondaatje.
Falling in love with the country, Carla
bought property and visited regularly.
When the Boxing Day Tsunami hit in
2004, Carla returned to Sri Lanka,
moved to begin programmes in 2005 to
rebuild schools by twinning them with
schools in England.
Carla then moved to Sri Lanka
permanently in 2006, selling her home in
the UK to rebuild specialist school Neth
Savan Sarana.
The number of projects Carla managed
continued to grow, until she registered
Children’s Hope as a formal charity in
2008.
Kumar
Sangakkara
player and former
captain of the Sri
Lankan Cricket Team
is Patron of Children’s
Hope.
Our projects
Located in Habaraduwa, 20 minutes
drive from Galle and 2.5 hours from
Colombo, Volunteer Village is:
•Children’s Hope HQ
•Seafront accommodation for up to 16
volunteers
•A vibrant community hub.

Volunteers can get involved in projects
on the following pages.
English and IT
lessons for local
children and adults

Pre-school – We run
a kindergarten in the
Village grounds,
educating the children
in Sinhala and
English, also allowing
local mothers an
opportunity to
socialise.
Professional cookery and hotel
training is offered to vulnerable
unemployed local young men, as a way
out of a life of drinking and street
walking.

Following the three month course, which
includes English and culinary language
training, all have found employment in
the Galle area, including some at leading
hotels and restaurants.

Children’s Hope also give experience by:
•Offering cooking classes for tourists
•Selling street food in a stall outside
Volunteers Village
•Catering for local private schools
•Hiring out the picturesque Volunteers
Village as a catering-inclusive wedding
venue.
Sewing classes are offered,
which can also lead to
vocational industrial sewing
machinery training.

Jewellery and homewares
making skills are also taught,
with the proceeds sold to sustain
the project.
Sex and life skills
education for men and
women, including budgeting
lessons to reduce the local
cycle of debt.

Children’s Hope also run
Taekwondo classes for
local young people.
Neth Sawan Sarana
Translated in English as ‘Eye
Hear Help’, NSS is located in
nearby Ahangama, the only
specialist school for children with
hearing, sight and learning
difficulties in the Galle district.

Many children with disabilities
are stigmatised in Sri Lanka,
with little to no assistance to
educate them or help them lead
a productive life.

The ones who go to schools like
NSS, although far away from
their families, are the lucky ones.
Since our first visit in 2007,
Children’s Hope have renovated
the dilapidated old buildings and
built new ones, including dormitory
blocks for 60 children aged from
five to 20, a dining room and
kitchen, and art & craft room.

While the school is staffed by
Government-funded teachers,
volunteers also work with the
children to help teach sign
language, Braille, IT, art, craft and
cooking.

Once they leave school, young
adults go to Volunteers Village to
learn skills like industrial sewing
machinery, jewellery and
homewares making, and hotel and
housekeeping.
While the school’s facilities are among the best of their kind Sri Lanka, it is
still severely under-privileged.
Classrooms are tiny and cramped – while we have land, we have no money
to extend.
Basic equipment from chalk, pencils, books, computers, even bed sheets
are in urgent need.
Karapitiya Hospital Galle

This hospital is one of only three
general hospitals in Sri Lanka,
alongside Colombo and Kandy.

When Children’s Hope visited
Karapitiya’s paediatric wards we
found it dark and dank, with rats,
cats and dogs roaming throughout.
Mould grew all over on the walls and
ceilings, due to exposure to the
elements, even above premature
babies’ cots.

Medicine rooms were found in
unhygienic conditions. Families,
visitors, nurses, doctors and other
staff had nowhere to eat or rest.
Since then, Children’s Hope have
renovated Paediatric Ward 2 and
constructed a new Premature
Baby Unit.

A child activity room, playground
and rest areas have also been
built and equipped.

Staff are being better trained to
look after medicines in a more
tidy and sterile way.

However more needs to be done
on other wards, and the Sri
Lankan weather conditions mean
our work needs regular
maintenance.
Community housing

We often hear stories of families
in need, who need assistance
with permanent housing.

Children’s Hope fund and build
new homes as and when we
can, for homeless or soon-to-be-
homeless families:

•With ill or elderly parents and
grandparents
•Affected by mental illness and
alcoholism
•With abandoned mothers and
children
•Ostracised by their communities
•Living in temporary or mud
houses which will wash away
during the monsoon season.
So, what can you do to help us?
Donate your time
Who can help:
•Anyone of any age, we’ve had 12 to 80 year-olds all
love their time with Children’s Hope. Children under 16
must be accompanied by their parents.
•All skills are valued – English teaching, IT, childcare,
communications, sports, art and crafts, disability care,
cooking and pure enthusiasm.

What you get:
•Airport transfer to Volunteers Village
•Single or double ensuite rooms
•Three delicious meals a day, cooked by in-house
chefs
•Laundry facilities
•Wifi and computer facilities available
•Beach, restaurants, local shops nearby
•Endless opportunities to positively change the lives of
local children, women and young men.
What we ask:
•To work a minimum of four hours a day,
Monday to Friday.
•To stay at least four weeks, to bond
with the community and ensure you see
and feel the impact you have created.

What you pay:
•£500/US$800 per person, per month.
•All money goes directly towards your
food, accommodation and transport
costs, building running costs, and
funding Children’s Hope projects.
Donate your money
Currently, it costs just
£36,000 / US$57,000 per year
to cover the basic running costs of
Children’s Hope.

In the years after the Tsunami,
international attention has moved
away from Sri Lanka and we are
struggling to make ends meet.

Staff volunteer extra hours, and often
use their salaries to pay for projects.

All donations are gratefully received.

Regular and major donors become a
Friend of Children’s Hope and will
receive a regular newsletter.
Where your money goes
All money raised by Children’s Hope goes to running and resourcing our projects, giving
our staff a basic living allowance and urgent items.
We have 16 paid staff who all come from the local Galle community, including project
and centre managers, teachers, carers and admin staff.
Urgent items
If you’d like to make a specific donation, we desperately need:

•Hospital mattresses for children at Galle Hospital x 240 – £16/US$25 each
•Bed sheets for children at Galle Hospital x 480 – £6.50/US$10 each
•Oxygen masks (nebulizer kits) for children – £6.50/$10 each
•Washbasins with taps – £38/US$60 each
•Hand dryers for improved sanitation x 2 – £95/US$150 each
•Antibacterial soap dispensers – £13/US$20
•Water filters for clean drinking water – £50/US$80
•Mosquito nets for safe sleeping x 120 – £9.50/US$15 each
•Braille writer (typewriter to help blind children) – £79/US£125 each
•Musical instruments – £32/ US$50
•Children’s books, sports equipment, shoes and milk powder – from £16-
£6.50/US$25-$10 each
Donate brand new goods
While most items are cheaper to buy in Sri Lanka, some items can be donated brand
new. Items currently welcome and appreciated include:

•Laptops to teach the children and young adults computer skills
•Toys and picture books for pre-school aged children
•A camera so we can document our events and successes
If you’d like to hear more or help us, please get in touch:

Websites               www.childrenshope.lk and www.volunteersvillage.com
Facebook               www.facebook.com/childrenshopesrilanka
Email                  info@childrenshope.lk
Phone                  +94 912 283 875
All prices and currency conversions are correct as at March 21, 2012.
The peacock is the mascot
of Children’s Hope – a
symbol of southern Sri
Lanka.

Culturally, peacocks are
associated with openness,
as they display all their
feathers when spreading
their tail.

Peacocks can also eat
poisonous plants and
snakes, a symbol that good
things can thrive in the face
of suffering.

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Children's Hope - An independent Sri Lankan not-for-profit charity

  • 3. Our mission Children’s Hope believes in children regardless of their circumstances, gender, race, disability or behaviour. We believe in the abused, vulnerable, forgotten and neglected. We support them and stand up for them, to bring out the best in every child. We believe every child deserves the best start in life and the chance to fulfil their potential. With the right help, committed support and belief, even the most vulnerable children can turn their lives around. Every Children’s Hope project is different – but each believes in the potential in every child and young person, no matter who they are, what they have done or what they have been through.
  • 4. Our commitment 100% of funds raised by Children’s Hope go directly to running our projects. As a small local organisation, we don’t pay: •Rent or property fees •For marketing or ads •To be part of a wider organisations •Any commissions. We rely on our existing assets, volunteers, friends and connections.
  • 5. Why is Children’s Hope so special? •We are independent, non-political and non-religious – although greatly respect and observe the Buddhist culture of Sri Lanka. •We consult everyone in our community to find out what they need, not what we think they need – including parents, teachers, doctors, community leaders, local government, NGOs and the children themselves. •We run our own projects independently, with on-the-ground local staff and volunteers. •We empower all young people to create a better life for themselves, including the disabled, abused, sick, poor and vulnerable. •We provide valuable education at all levels – preschool, school and vocational training. •We build, equip and help maintain schools, hospitals and local housing. •We are a community hub for local children, women and young men.
  • 6. Our Founder English artist Carla Browne first visited Sri Lanka in 2003, on recommendation of friend Sir Christopher Ondaatje. Falling in love with the country, Carla bought property and visited regularly. When the Boxing Day Tsunami hit in 2004, Carla returned to Sri Lanka, moved to begin programmes in 2005 to rebuild schools by twinning them with schools in England. Carla then moved to Sri Lanka permanently in 2006, selling her home in the UK to rebuild specialist school Neth Savan Sarana. The number of projects Carla managed continued to grow, until she registered Children’s Hope as a formal charity in 2008.
  • 7. Kumar Sangakkara player and former captain of the Sri Lankan Cricket Team is Patron of Children’s Hope.
  • 9. Located in Habaraduwa, 20 minutes drive from Galle and 2.5 hours from Colombo, Volunteer Village is: •Children’s Hope HQ •Seafront accommodation for up to 16 volunteers •A vibrant community hub. Volunteers can get involved in projects on the following pages.
  • 10. English and IT lessons for local children and adults Pre-school – We run a kindergarten in the Village grounds, educating the children in Sinhala and English, also allowing local mothers an opportunity to socialise.
  • 11. Professional cookery and hotel training is offered to vulnerable unemployed local young men, as a way out of a life of drinking and street walking. Following the three month course, which includes English and culinary language training, all have found employment in the Galle area, including some at leading hotels and restaurants. Children’s Hope also give experience by: •Offering cooking classes for tourists •Selling street food in a stall outside Volunteers Village •Catering for local private schools •Hiring out the picturesque Volunteers Village as a catering-inclusive wedding venue.
  • 12. Sewing classes are offered, which can also lead to vocational industrial sewing machinery training. Jewellery and homewares making skills are also taught, with the proceeds sold to sustain the project.
  • 13. Sex and life skills education for men and women, including budgeting lessons to reduce the local cycle of debt. Children’s Hope also run Taekwondo classes for local young people.
  • 14. Neth Sawan Sarana Translated in English as ‘Eye Hear Help’, NSS is located in nearby Ahangama, the only specialist school for children with hearing, sight and learning difficulties in the Galle district. Many children with disabilities are stigmatised in Sri Lanka, with little to no assistance to educate them or help them lead a productive life. The ones who go to schools like NSS, although far away from their families, are the lucky ones.
  • 15. Since our first visit in 2007, Children’s Hope have renovated the dilapidated old buildings and built new ones, including dormitory blocks for 60 children aged from five to 20, a dining room and kitchen, and art & craft room. While the school is staffed by Government-funded teachers, volunteers also work with the children to help teach sign language, Braille, IT, art, craft and cooking. Once they leave school, young adults go to Volunteers Village to learn skills like industrial sewing machinery, jewellery and homewares making, and hotel and housekeeping.
  • 16. While the school’s facilities are among the best of their kind Sri Lanka, it is still severely under-privileged. Classrooms are tiny and cramped – while we have land, we have no money to extend. Basic equipment from chalk, pencils, books, computers, even bed sheets are in urgent need.
  • 17. Karapitiya Hospital Galle This hospital is one of only three general hospitals in Sri Lanka, alongside Colombo and Kandy. When Children’s Hope visited Karapitiya’s paediatric wards we found it dark and dank, with rats, cats and dogs roaming throughout. Mould grew all over on the walls and ceilings, due to exposure to the elements, even above premature babies’ cots. Medicine rooms were found in unhygienic conditions. Families, visitors, nurses, doctors and other staff had nowhere to eat or rest.
  • 18. Since then, Children’s Hope have renovated Paediatric Ward 2 and constructed a new Premature Baby Unit. A child activity room, playground and rest areas have also been built and equipped. Staff are being better trained to look after medicines in a more tidy and sterile way. However more needs to be done on other wards, and the Sri Lankan weather conditions mean our work needs regular maintenance.
  • 19. Community housing We often hear stories of families in need, who need assistance with permanent housing. Children’s Hope fund and build new homes as and when we can, for homeless or soon-to-be- homeless families: •With ill or elderly parents and grandparents •Affected by mental illness and alcoholism •With abandoned mothers and children •Ostracised by their communities •Living in temporary or mud houses which will wash away during the monsoon season.
  • 20. So, what can you do to help us?
  • 21. Donate your time Who can help: •Anyone of any age, we’ve had 12 to 80 year-olds all love their time with Children’s Hope. Children under 16 must be accompanied by their parents. •All skills are valued – English teaching, IT, childcare, communications, sports, art and crafts, disability care, cooking and pure enthusiasm. What you get: •Airport transfer to Volunteers Village •Single or double ensuite rooms •Three delicious meals a day, cooked by in-house chefs •Laundry facilities •Wifi and computer facilities available •Beach, restaurants, local shops nearby •Endless opportunities to positively change the lives of local children, women and young men.
  • 22. What we ask: •To work a minimum of four hours a day, Monday to Friday. •To stay at least four weeks, to bond with the community and ensure you see and feel the impact you have created. What you pay: •£500/US$800 per person, per month. •All money goes directly towards your food, accommodation and transport costs, building running costs, and funding Children’s Hope projects.
  • 23. Donate your money Currently, it costs just £36,000 / US$57,000 per year to cover the basic running costs of Children’s Hope. In the years after the Tsunami, international attention has moved away from Sri Lanka and we are struggling to make ends meet. Staff volunteer extra hours, and often use their salaries to pay for projects. All donations are gratefully received. Regular and major donors become a Friend of Children’s Hope and will receive a regular newsletter.
  • 24. Where your money goes All money raised by Children’s Hope goes to running and resourcing our projects, giving our staff a basic living allowance and urgent items. We have 16 paid staff who all come from the local Galle community, including project and centre managers, teachers, carers and admin staff.
  • 25. Urgent items If you’d like to make a specific donation, we desperately need: •Hospital mattresses for children at Galle Hospital x 240 – £16/US$25 each •Bed sheets for children at Galle Hospital x 480 – £6.50/US$10 each •Oxygen masks (nebulizer kits) for children – £6.50/$10 each •Washbasins with taps – £38/US$60 each •Hand dryers for improved sanitation x 2 – £95/US$150 each •Antibacterial soap dispensers – £13/US$20 •Water filters for clean drinking water – £50/US$80 •Mosquito nets for safe sleeping x 120 – £9.50/US$15 each •Braille writer (typewriter to help blind children) – £79/US£125 each •Musical instruments – £32/ US$50 •Children’s books, sports equipment, shoes and milk powder – from £16- £6.50/US$25-$10 each
  • 26. Donate brand new goods While most items are cheaper to buy in Sri Lanka, some items can be donated brand new. Items currently welcome and appreciated include: •Laptops to teach the children and young adults computer skills •Toys and picture books for pre-school aged children •A camera so we can document our events and successes
  • 27. If you’d like to hear more or help us, please get in touch: Websites www.childrenshope.lk and www.volunteersvillage.com Facebook www.facebook.com/childrenshopesrilanka Email info@childrenshope.lk Phone +94 912 283 875 All prices and currency conversions are correct as at March 21, 2012.
  • 28. The peacock is the mascot of Children’s Hope – a symbol of southern Sri Lanka. Culturally, peacocks are associated with openness, as they display all their feathers when spreading their tail. Peacocks can also eat poisonous plants and snakes, a symbol that good things can thrive in the face of suffering.