Find National NGO expertise in Sri Lanka

There is a multiplicity of national non-governmental and civil societal organisations working across a range of fields and disciplines from the grassroots community level to national level.  Notable examples include Makandura Village Projects, a grassroots NGO established in 1985 that works to support and rehabilitate children affected by conflict in Sri Lanka’s North Western Province; the Alcohol and Drug Information Centre who aim to prevent drug abuse through social change and effective education; and Sarvodaya, the country’s largest people’s organisation based on community participation which has a network of over 15,000 villages who operate various programmes including micro-credit, disaster relief and reconciliation projects.