We strengthen under-privileged communities through inclusive development initiatives focused on housing, water and sanitation, education, health, and livelihood support. Our approach builds resilience, dignity, and long-term wellbeing for families across Sri Lanka.
The last few days of November 2025 saw Sri Lanka being severely affected by its worst floods in 20 years as a result of cyclone Ditwah and the ensuing heavy rains.
Read MoreThe primary objective of this Care facility, initiated in 2008, is to provide improved care for marginalized and isolated individuals who are elderly, differently-abled and who are also in need of special mental health care.
Read MoreThe Southern Province of Sri Lanka experienced unprecedented rainfall during the months of September and October 2023 leading to severe floods in several areas of the Matara district.
Read MoreDuring the past 2 to 3 years (2020-2023), Sri Lanka has been affected by one of the worst socioeconomic crises the country has ever seen. Studies conducted by the United Nations organizations and the World Bank have shown the grave situation of the population, especially where nearly 28% face food insecurity in varying degrees.
Read MoreIn the year 2022, when Sri Lanka was starting to face one of its worst economic crises, IDEAS stepped in with a handsome grant to provide much needed medicines and equipment to Lady Ridgeway Hospital, the leading national childcare institute in the country.
Read MoreIn 2017, IDEAS initiated a thematic and institutional partnership with the Lanka Rain Water Harvesting Forum (LRWHF) to promote the use of rainwater harvesting for meeting people’s water needs.
Read MoreA very low-income community in the Nagaswatte area of Kirulapone had been selected by the Association of Former International Civil Servants (AFICS), Sri Lanka for their planned project in 2015.
Read MoreThe Rathanasara Pirivena, Baddegama is an educational and vocational training institution catering mainly to disadvantaged students who have not achieved academic success at other schools.
Read MoreMethodist High School in Puwakaramba, Moratuwa, is a school providing education to a large number of young boys in the Moratuwa – Piliyandala area.
Read MoreMany lives, both human and elephant, are lost because of the Human-Elephant Conflict (HEC) prevailing in most parts of Sri Lanka.
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