Sarvodaya Shramadana Movement

Unverified non-profit organisation

The Lanka Jatika Sarvodaya Shramadana Sangamaya (Sarvodaya) is Sri Lanka’s largest and most broadly embedded people’s organization, with a network covering 15,000 villages, 345 divisional units, 34 district offices, 10 specialist Development Education Institutes; over 100,000 youth mobilized for peace building under Shantisena; the country’s largest micro-credit organization with a cumulative loan portfolio of over US$ 1 million (equals LKR one billion) (Sarvodaya Economic Enterprise Development Services, or SEEDS); a welfare service organization serving over 1000 orphaned and destitute children, underage mothers, and elders (Sarvodaya Suwa Setha); and 4,335 pre-schools serving over 98,000 children; among others. Based on Buddhist and Ghandian principles, Sarvodaya is a development movement in hundreds of villages, with the goal of a comprehensive and non-violent social transformation.

Website

http://www.sarvodaya.org

Year established

1964

Organisation annual cash turnover (in US$ equivalent)

1 million - 100 million

About this organisation

Regions / countries / territories

Asia: Sri Lanka

Global issues

Children, youth and family welfare; Community development; Disasters and humanitarian...show all (7)