Adopt Sri Lanka was set up within days of the December 26 2004 Asian Tsunami which in Ten minutes killed over 40,000 people, making 1200 children orphans; over 100,000 houses were destroyed resulting in 900,000 people becoming homeless, 125 major schools were destroyed, 50% of the Sri Lankan fishing fleet was destroyed and thousands of livelihoods ruined.

A summary of our first 18 months of achievements and details of our 2005 projects are documented on separate pages. These included Disaster Relief, Housing, Boatbuilding, School Renovation and Rebuilding, Trauma Relief, Coastal Conservation and Livelihood Regeneration.

We are now using our local knowledge and our experience of the last 24 months to make a lasting and tangible difference to the communities who lives were devastated. In addition we are also trying to redress the imbalance that we now see between coastal communities and those "inland" who have been largely "forgotten" and to help minority groups in the south who have been traditionally overlooked.

We will be using any monies donated to us to fund the following projects.

Our main project goals are;