Community access to relief & essentials
Humanitarian assistance for families facing hardship - food security, medical relief, and emergency response.
Programme overview
CARE is our frontline humanitarian programme, delivering relief and essential support to families facing hardship, displacement, illness or sudden loss of income.
Working through community leaders, divisional secretariats and volunteer networks, CARE identifies the most vulnerable households and responds quickly with food, medical assistance and essential supplies - while linking families to longer-term support through our livelihood and education programmes.
What we do
- Food and nutrition packages for vulnerable households
- Mobile medical relief camps in underserved villages
- Distribution of essential household and hygiene supplies
- Case-by-case emergency assistance for medical treatment
- Referral of families into livelihood and education programmes
Who we serve
Low-income families, elderly people living alone, female-headed households, persons with disabilities, and communities affected by disaster or displacement.
CARE programme FAQs
What is the CARE programme?
CARE (Community access to relief & essentials) is one of nine flagship programmes run by Save a Life, a youth-led nonprofit founded in Jaffna, Sri Lanka in 2014. Humanitarian assistance for families facing hardship - food security, medical relief, and emergency response.
What activities does CARE carry out?
CARE focuses on food & nutrition support, medical relief camps, essential supplies distribution and vulnerable family outreach. In practice this means: food and nutrition packages for vulnerable households; mobile medical relief camps in underserved villages; distribution of essential household and hygiene supplies; case-by-case emergency assistance for medical treatment; referral of families into livelihood and education programmes.
Who does CARE support?
Low-income families, elderly people living alone, female-headed households, persons with disabilities, and communities affected by disaster or displacement.
What impact does CARE have?
10,000+ families assisted annually, 120+ relief camps held, 25 districts covered.
Where does CARE work?
Save a Life is headquartered at No. 460, Navalar Road, Jaffna, and delivers CARE with communities across Sri Lanka. Our youth volunteers work alongside community leaders, schools, universities and local partners so that every activity responds to real local needs.
How can I support CARE?
You can donate through our GlobalGiving page, sponsor a child, join more than 1,500 active Save a Life volunteers, or partner with us as a development, CSR or programme partner. Every contribution helps CARE reach more communities across Sri Lanka.