Sri Sathya Sai
KARUNA NILAYAM FOUNDATION

The Sri Sathya Sai Karuna Nilayam Foundation is a non-profit organization that strives to provide Healthcare, Education and Social Care entirely free of cost to the community whilst also working towards the upliftment of marginalized women through several programs and skills training sessions to provide them with stability, financial independence and ultimately, provide them and their families with a better standard of living.

 

Our projects are based in the East of the island; in Kirankulam, Batticaloa.

 

Batticaloa was chosen by Bhagawan because it had suffered tremendously through a 30-year civil war and faced more than its fair share of natural disasters. The conflict produced over 30,000 war widows and families who had lost their homes and livelihood. This community faced another devastating loss when the 2004 tsunami decimated its shores and coastal villages, affecting the area and its residents gravely. In addition, the entire district of Batticaloa has been, and continues to be impacted by monsoon floods and tropical cyclones, leaving the community vulnerable and in continuous need of humanitarian support.

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Perhaps it was all this tragic history that brought about the blessing of a facility that not only caters to the direct community, but to the people of the entire island that need free health care, sociocare and educare, and alleviation from what has been the hardest circumstance in our island’s history.