On the Road
Benefiting Now While Thinking About the Future
In Sri Lanka, children with sponsors are able to consider higher education
The Touch a Life Center is administered from home for girls in Colombo. The Ceylon Association supports the home, but Children Incorporated sponsorship provides additional support to other needs for the augmentation of nutritional intake of the girls and providing them with school supplies and clothes, which are provided with limitations from the Association. We still have children from the neighborhood who are also enrolled in the Children Incorporated program, and they come to the […]
Increasing Aid to Those that Need It the Most
The Chrishanti Center has grown over the years in order to help more families in the community
We departed India to reach Sri Lanka, a country with beautiful beaches, forests, national reserves with many exotic animals, numerous resources and a large production of tea and minerals, but with a tremendous history of trouble in military and politics. In Sri Lanka (formerly known as Ceylon), Children Incorporated currently has three support programs: Chrishanti Lama Sevana Center, Touch a Life Home Center, and Wijewardane Home. The Chrishanti Center is located in the Kirulapone area […]
Sponsoring a Child in Sri Lanka
16 Important Questions to Answer
Here at Children Incorporated, we know that sponsoring a child in need is extraordinarily rewarding, so we want to provide you with a guide to walk you through the process. In order to make your decision as easy as possible, here you will find the answers to sixteen of the most common questions we receive about sponsoring a child in Sri Lanka. If you still have questions after reading the following, please feel to contact […]
Help Save Children in Sri Lanka
Facts about child poverty in Sri Lanka and how Children Incorporated is helping
The island nation of Sri Lanka is located just east of India’s southern tip. It has been known by many names over the centuries, but it fittingly derives its current name from the Sinhalese words meaning “resplendent island.” Amidst its tropical rainforests, coastal plains and south-central highlands, Sri Lanka boasts the highest biodiversity density in Asia, with roughly a quarter of its thousands of species of plant life and mammals existing nowhere else on the […]
35 Years of Helping Children in Sri Lanka
An update from the Touch a Life with Hope Center in Colombo
We recently received an update from our volunteer coordinator at the Touch a Life with Hope Center in Sri Lanka, who took the time to share with us the history of the organization, as well discuss some of the ways they have been able to help some of the most vulnerable girls in Colombo — in large part thanks to our sponsors. “It is with great pride and hope that I present this report of […]
A Part of a Global Village
An interview with Reverend Eardley L. Mendis
I first met Reverend Eardley L. Mendis in the winter of 2019 in Chicago, Illinois at a Children Incorporated meet-and-greet hosted by our CEO and President, Ron Carter, and myself. Reverend Mendis with Children Incorporated President and CEO, Ronald H. Carter A long-time donor, Rev. Mendis arrived at the gathering — despite the freezing temperatures and snow-covered streets — holding a small photo album containing pictures of the Senehasa Children’s Home […]