Sri Lanka Association of New England

“SLANE: Standing strong with Sri Lanka when the waters rise.”

About This Crisis

Sri Lanka is facing a severe national emergency. Heavy rains in late November 2025 triggered major flooding and deadly mudslides across the country. More than 50 lives have been lost and many remain missing. Homes, farmlands, and critical infrastructure have been destroyed, and thousands of families urgently need rescue, shelter, clean water, medical care, and food.

Why Your Help Matters

Some of the hardest hit areas are isolated due to damaged roads and landslides, which makes it difficult for local responders to reach them. With Sri Lanka already experiencing significant economic hardship, local communities need immediate outside support to recover.

How Your Contribution Will Help

Your support will provide

• Emergency food and drinking water

• Medical and hygiene supplies

• Assistance for families who have lost homes or belongings

• Help with transportation and distribution of relief supplies to affected regions

• Life jackets and safety helmets

• Searchlights and torches

• Boats with engines for rescue operations

• Water pumps and generators

• Mobile toilets and essential field gear

• Ropes and rescue tubes

About SLANE

This fundraiser is organized through the Sri Lanka Association of New England (SLANE). SLANE is a registered 501c3 charitable organization that has supported humanitarian and community initiatives for many years. All donations collected through this campaign will be used entirely to assist families and communities affected by the floods and mudslides. SLANE will work with trusted partners on the ground to make sure that aid reaches the people who need it most.

Thank you for your generosity and kindness. Together, we can provide real relief and hope to families in Sri Lanka who are facing immense loss and hardship.

Sri Lanka is facing the worst economic crisis in its history and needs your urgent support.

 

Sri Lanka is in crisis, and a majority of the people who call this country home are in imminent danger of starvation. The Sri Lankan people have been met with 13+ hour power cuts, dangerous shortages of much needed food and medicine, and a scarcity of healthcare supplies needed for medical surgeries and procedures. The hardest hit are those living at or below the poverty line and whose day to day income has been severely affected by these power cuts and supply shortages. 

 

This dire situation was triggered partially by the impact of Covid-19, which battered the economy and caused mounting foreign debts, in addition to rising inflation, and economic mismanagement by the government of Sri Lanka.

 

As a result, many Sri Lankan families cannot afford basic food and medical necessities. 100% of the proceeds from this fundraiser will go towards local community organizations supporting people of ALL ethnic backgrounds in Sri Lanka. 

 

All funds will be split and transferred amongst verified Sri Lankan community-based organizations listed below: 

Foundation of Goodness 
Educate Lanka 
Care Station 
Sarvodaya 


Each grocery pack distributed costs ~15 USD each and can provide food for 1 family for 3-4 weeks. 

100% of your donation will go towards helping those in need, and not towards any administrative costs. SLANE will be working with these Sri Lankan organizations to ensure these funds go towards those who are hardest hit by this crisis and desperately need your support. 
 
Additional community-based organizations in Sri Lanka will be added to the above list—please check back to see your funds at work. 

To our Sri Lankan community members, families, and friends all over the world—Sri Lanka needs you now more than ever.

This fundraiser is organized by the Sri Lanka Association of New England (SLANE) – 501 (c)(3) organization and has no political affiliations.