Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka

Capital

Colombo

Population

21,129,000

Land use

Arable land: 13.96% permanent crops: 15.24%

Infant mortality

19.0 deaths/1,000 live births

Life expectancy

75

Religion

Buddhist 69.1%, Muslim 7.6%, Hindu 7.1%, Christian 6.2%

Languages

Sinhala 74%, Tamil 18%, other 8%

Literacy

90.7%

Unemployment

5.8%

Inflation

21.8%                                              

Kingscare projects in Sri Lanka

Because we started operation in this country, Kingscare has many projects in Sri Lanka.

  • Emergency in Sri Lanka
 

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  • Two church-run clinics in Jaffna and Ragala
  
  • A Mobile Clinic in Colombo Kandy.
  • Child Sponsorship of around 250 children
 

Sponsor a child from Sri Lanka

  • Sponsorship of "orphaned" children
     
  
  • Supplying a cow to a family
 
  • Support school in Ragala and nursery school in Jaffna
  
  • Tuition classes in Dehiwela near Colombo
  
  • Lotus Bud Children’s Home
  
  • Other "self-help" projects
  • Drug rehabilitation centre run by church near Colombo
  
  • Ian Blake - Serving Sri Lanka via Church Partnership