HOPE International Development Agency continues to help Sri Lankan families rebuild their lives years after the killer tsunami

Caring people like you made it possible for thousands of Sri Lanka’s poorest families to rebuild their lives after a killer tsunami smashed into their tiny villages just a few short years ago.

The families we’ve been able to help now live in modest homes, earn income from their small businesses, and send their children to school. Friend, this is nothing short of a miracle when you consider the death and destruction that had entered their lives.

We continue to send emergency supplies to these desperate families. But we need your help to send even more supplies. In addition, our field staff have identified thousands of Sri Lankan families in areas that are struggling even today, years after the tsunami.

You can help establish a loan fund that will provide modest, ultra-low interest loans to families who have the skills to earn a living but lack the funds needed in order to restore their livelihoods. Modest loans will enable families to buy the tools and supplies they need in order to re-establish their small businesses and begin earning a sustainable living.

Friend, you can provide emergency supplies and long-term help with a gift of just $60 today.

Your gift will ensure that families who are struggling to survive get the help they so desperately need. A portion of your gift will provide emergency supplies and a portion will provide support to families who are still struggling to re-establish their livelihoods and rebuild their lives.

Wasanthi and her family are a testament to the life-changing power of your generous giving…

Wasanthi and her children live in an area of Sri Lanka where our post-tsunami efforts to restore people’s livelihoods have helped 3,000 families rebuild their lives.

After the tsunami, Wasanthi and her three surviving family members, Niroshini, Kumara, and Damayanthi had absolutely nothing. They had lost loved ones, friends and everything they owned, including their modest home and small business selling household utensils and basic food items. Hunger and suffering were the only certainties in their shattered lives until someone just like you responded to our call for help and gave generously to Wasanthi and her children.

We were able to provide Wasanthi with household necessities, rebuild her modest home, and provide an ultra-low interest loan that enabled her to re-establish her vending business selling small packages of spices and household items at the local market.

Today, Wasanthi has repaid her loan and continues to earn enough income to buy supplies for her business, maintain her modest home, buy food and basic necessities, save for the future, and most importantly from her perspective, send her children to school!

Your gift of $60 today will ensure that families who are struggling to survive get the help they need right away.