Sri Lanka is facing its worst economic crisis since it gained its independence in 1948. The United Nations estimates nearly 5.7 million people – half of them children – need humanitarian aid.
The UN has reported that 22 percent of the total population needs urgent humanitarian assistance and 70% of households are having to reduce food consumption, including skipping meals.
To respond to the unfolding crisis, Palmera will be taking a holistic response to serve 20,000 people in the most impoverished areas.
We will:
- Provide Nutritional Packages for malnourished pregnant mothers and malnourished children under 5
- Establish Home Gardens & providing Poultry Grants
- Provide interest free loans for farmers to buy paddy so farmers who provide food for the country have enough to feed themselves
- Provide Poultry Grants so families can access 5 chickens
- Provide emergency cash vouchers for urgent health and other critical needs to the most vulnerable
This holistic programme will be delivered through Women Empowerment Collectives that we have established in the most impoverished areas. This deep network and support structure will ensure that in addition to the support we provide, families leverage their resources and support each other through this difficult time so no one is left out.
Provide Nutritional Packages for malnourished pregnant mothers and malnourished children under 5
$30 can provide a malnourished family with urgent nutritional packages.
Sri Lanka has the second-highest rate of acute malnutrition among children under 5 in South Asia and at least 17 percent of children are suffering from chronic wasting, a disease that carries the highest risk of death. All school feeding programmes have stopped and 25 essential medicines for children and pregnant women used in the treatment of life-threatening diseases are expected to run out in the next two months.
We will be focusing on women and children who are malnourished and provide them with specialised nutritional packages over the next 6 months in the most impoverished regions in the country.
Establishing Home Gardens and Providing Poultry Grants
$50 can provide a family with Home Garden, 5 Chickens, basic home gardening equipment, technical training and support for 12 months.
Without fuel to access seeds, rains to help crops grow and no fuel for technical support, families are struggling to grow their own food needs. We are solving this problem by setting up village-based nurseries, upskilling families on waste-water techniques and providing home based technical training through our village-based team.
Provide interest free loans for farmers to buy paddy so farmers who provide food for the country have enough to feed themselves
$250 can provide 20 women and their families access to an interest free loan to purchase needed paddy for the lean months ahead.
With the rice season about to end, paddy will be taken out of the rural areas, turned into rice and returned to shops at three to six times the price it was once. For farmers who grow rice, they are unable to store food for themselves because they need to sell it to meet their basic needs. Through interest free loans rural families will be able to store paddy and turn that into rice so they can feed their families through the tough months ahead.
The loan will be provided through Women Empowerment Collectives (already established by Palmera), where groups of 20 women gather to support each other, save, and take loans. These are strong structures that ensure loans are provided to those with the greatest need.
Provide emergency cash vouchers for urgent health and other critical needs to the most vulnerable
$10 – $50 AUD can provide families with urgent cash vouchers.
With no access to fuel, families are struggling to meet their basic health needs and other critical needs. Addressing needs from life threatening health issues to gender violence, these cash vouchers will be provided to the most needed in their greatest time of need.
How we will make sure no one is left out
Palmera works in the most impoverished areas and has deep relationships with the communities that we serve.
We will work through our established Women Empowerment Collectives so no one is left out. Through mobile apps that we have developed specifically for this programme, we will collect regular data and have real data analysis to understand the changing needs of the community and where further support is required.
How we will keep you updated
We will send you an email (you may need to check your spam folder and mark our email as not spam) and a text so you understand the impact of what you have helped achieve through your support.
Palmera is a tax deductible and Australian Government Accredited agency. Read more here.
Crisis Appeal
Sri Lanka is facing its worst economic crisis since it gained its independence in 1948. The United Nations estimates nearly 5.7 million people – half of them children – need humanitarian aid.
The UN has reported that 22 percent of the total population needs urgent humanitarian assistance and 70% of households are having to reduce food consumption, including skipping meals.
To respond to the unfolding crisis, Palmera will be taking a holistic response to serve 20,000 people in the most impoverished areas.
We will:
- Provide Nutritional Packages for malnourished pregnant mothers and malnourished children under 5
- Establish Home Gardens & providing Poultry Grants
- Provide interest free loans for farmers to buy paddy so farmers who provide food for the country have enough to feed themselves
- Provide Poultry Grants so families can access 5 chickens
- Provide emergency cash vouchers for urgent health and other critical needs to the most vulnerable
This holistic programme will be delivered through Women Empowerment Collectives that we have established in the most impoverished areas. This deep network and support structure will ensure that in addition to the support we provide, families leverage their resources and support each other through this difficult time so no one is left out.
Provide Nutritional Packages for malnourished pregnant mothers and malnourished children under 5
$30 can provide a malnourished family with urgent nutritional packages.
Sri Lanka has the second-highest rate of acute malnutrition among children under 5 in South Asia and at least 17 percent of children are suffering from chronic wasting, a disease that carries the highest risk of death. All school feeding programmes have stopped and 25 essential medicines for children and pregnant women used in the treatment of life-threatening diseases are expected to run out in the next two months.
We will be focusing on women and children who are malnourished and provide them with specialised nutritional packages over the next 6 months in the most impoverished regions in the country.
Establishing Home Gardens and Providing Poultry Grants
$50 can provide a family with Home Garden, 5 Chickens, basic home gardening equipment, technical training and support for 12 months.
Without fuel to access seeds, rains to help crops grow and no fuel for technical support, families are struggling to grow their own food needs. We are solving this problem by setting up village-based nurseries, upskilling families on waste-water techniques and providing home based technical training through our village-based team.
Provide interest free loans for farmers to buy paddy so farmers who provide food for the country have enough to feed themselves
$250 can provide 20 women and their families access to an interest free loan to purchase needed paddy for the lean months ahead.
With the rice season about to end, paddy will be taken out of the rural areas, turned into rice and returned to shops at three to six times the price it was once. For farmers who grow rice, they are unable to store food for themselves because they need to sell it to meet their basic needs. Through interest free loans rural families will be able to store paddy and turn that into rice so they can feed their families through the tough months ahead.
The loan will be provided through Women Empowerment Collectives (already established by Palmera), where groups of 20 women gather to support each other, save, and take loans. These are strong structures that ensure loans are provided to those with the greatest need.
Provide emergency cash vouchers for urgent health and other critical needs to the most vulnerable
$10 – $50 AUD can provide families with urgent cash vouchers.
With no access to fuel, families are struggling to meet their basic health needs and other critical needs. Addressing needs from life threatening health issues to gender violence, these cash vouchers will be provided to the most needed in their greatest time of need.
How we will make sure no one is left out
Palmera works in the most impoverished areas and has deep relationships with the communities that we serve.
We will work through our established Women Empowerment Collectives so no one is left out. Through mobile apps that we have developed specifically for this programme, we will collect regular data and have real data analysis to understand the changing needs of the community and where further support is required.
How we will keep you updated
We will send you an email (you may need to check your spam folder and mark our email as not spam) and a text so you understand the impact of what you have helped achieve through your support.
Palmera is a tax deductible and Australian Government Accredited agency. Read more here.