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Name
Country
Sarvodaya
Sri Lanka
Founder(s)/Host(s)
Dr. Vinya Ariyaratne
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Focus
Community Development & Peacebuilding
Number of People Impacted to-date (approx.)
Inner Home
Promoting Paurushodaya (personal awakening of the individual) through the practice of loving kindness, compassionate action, altruistic joy and equanimity.
Local Home
Practicing Gramodaya (village awakening) by addressing the physical, spiritual, moral, cultural and social needs of the local community in an integral manner.
Earth Home
Fostering Vishvodaya (awakening of the world) by building resilience and promoting systems change through intentional community building globally.
Short Profile
For 65 years, the Sarvodaya Shramadana movement has been providing humanitarian aid with a general outreach to over 15,000 villages across Sri Lanka, responding to a multi-dimensional crisis of medicine shortages, lack of safe access to nutritious food, inadequate infrastructure and gender-based violence.
Integral Model to Whole-Systems Change
Innovation
The movement promotes integrated human development through Sarvodaya (awakening of all) by encouraging Shramadana (sharing of time, thoughts, and energy) within local communities. It fosters a peaceful culture of mutual support and empowerment.
Impact-to-Date
Following the motto “Village-to-Village, Heart-to-Heart”, Sarvodaya greatly supports the creation of independent village organizations which facilitate their own economy and societal infrastructure. By now, 5,400 registered village societies have been established.
Fields of Activity
Peace-Building, Community Empowerment
Find out more!
Get in touch!
Dr. Vinya Ariyaratne, President
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