Welcome To

The Village People

Hunger relief and longer-term food security sustainability & financial independence for communities living in poverty in Eastern Sri Lanka.

Experience Eastern Sri Lanka’s lively soundscape, vivid colours and beautiful people: some highlights of our visit and work in February 2024.

Our Mission

To provide communities, in and around Kantale, who are living in poverty with all year-round access to basic amenities including food, medical provision and essential items for living with quality of life, and outside of the hunger and poverty cycle.

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Community News & Events

  • The People We Support

    Our Monthly Commitments The Village People support these individuals or families every month with food aid and/or money for medicine. Mallika-  Mallika is an elderly woman who lives alone and is unable to walk.  Mostly when we visit, Mallika is bed-bound, but occasionally she sits in her wheel chair outside.  Mallika lost her children during

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    The People We Support
  • Our Logo Explained

    The logo was drawn and designed by Fran, our founder.  It speaks of where we are from and where we are heading: our values, our aims, our inspirations. The form of our logo is found in mother nature: the shape of a water droplet and leaf tells of our connection to earth.  We draw on

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    Our Logo Explained