Projects
MagéLanka is currently working on the following projects in Sri Lanka. For more information on individual projects, select them from the menu on the left. For updates on projects,
click here.
Koshika's house by the sea
Koshika and her family of five live in a small makeshift house at the edge of the Sri Lankan coast, just a few paces from the miles of Indian Ocean that destroyed her first home almost four years ago. She works to support her family as a domestic worker in Ratmalana where she met MagéLanka members Dilly, Devika and Yasmin. In her MagéLanka found a kind and self-sacrificing woman who needed help for a second chance at a home for her family.
Find out how MagéLanka, with help from Sri Lankans around the world, is gathering resources to build Koshika and her family a new home. (Project completed successfully)
Chandani's family business
The gift of a fishing rod. That is how we describe our work for Chandani and her family. Chandani used to buy brooms and re-sell them in the areas surrounding Colombo, Sri Lanka's capital and largest city. In this way she met Dilly, who first suggested to Chandani that someday she might make the brooms herself and save on a great deal of cost. From this conversation a plan began to seed. With a little birthday investment from Yasmin, Magelanka helped set Chandani up with the beginnings of her own family business.
(Project completed successfully)
Rukshan's Gift
In America, from thousands of miles away, Rukshan & Kusala Wijesekera were looking for a way to help children in Sri Lanka. With the help of members of MagéLanka, they began to sponsor extra educational assistance for two boys from a poor fishing community in Sri Lanka's Angulana beach. With a contribution every month, they were able to give the boys new school materials, clothing, and extra tutoring in the subjects they were struggling in. His good deed went on to help the young boys' tutor further his hard-earned education at the University of Colombo.
Donation to help IDPs in Sri Lanka
We donated US$ 170 to Future Sri Lanka through book sales in New Jersey towards helping our fellow countrymen displaced by the war in the North and East of Sri Lanka. A big thank you to the generous people in New Jersey who bought the song books!
Fundraisng for 'Jinaratana Gilan Bhikku Suwa Sewa Padanama'
December 2009
Our intention is to raise funds to help Ven Mirigama Gothama of Dharmendraramaya ( 'Wale' Pansala), 21 Hotel Road, Mount Lavinia, Sri Lanka. His vision is to construct a building to give shelter to 20 old and ailing Bhikkus who have no permanent place to live. Ven Gothama says he has come across many such Bhikkus going from hospital to hospital undergoing a lot of hardship and discomfort. He says only a few people are aware of this situation and hence his vision to put up this basic building. A
number of doctors have volunteered to attend to the medical needs and the people of the area are more than willing to offer 'dana' to these ailing monks.
For this purpose Ven Gothama has started a fund named ‘Jinarathana Gilan Bhikku Suwa Sewa Padanama’ and opened an account at :
Peoples Bank, Dehiwala Branch (A/c No. 0192-001-900-026-81)
Your donations can be sent direct to the above account or money can be handed over to any one of our Magelanka team members to be given to Ven Gothama.
The Chief of the Saddhammayukthika Maha Nikaya, Most Ven Rekawa Gunasiri Maha Thero, the Chief Incumbent of Dhammapalaramaya - Mt Lavinia, Aggamaha Panditha Most Rev. Kotugoda Dhammawasa Thero, Prof. Pategama Gnanarama Thero of Ti-Sarana Buddhist Association - Singapore and retired Prof. Dr Mendis Rohanadheera are the patrons of this organization.
Gajendra Kumar - A differently abled youth trying to make ends meet by selling lottery tickets. He supports his mother and sister with 3 young kids. We are in the process of building a toilet for Gajendra Kumar. Click on
GajendraKumar for more details.
February 2010
